Everything good about Python except GUI IDE?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:33 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
>> As for why you should avoid JS/CSS, Web pages open very slowly, jump
>> around wildly during rendering and have unexpected artifacts (not to
>> mention the numerous data collection abuses) when they are encumbered
>> with truckloads of state-of-the-art web dev gimmicks.
> 
> And when I pick up a paintbrush, canvas, and oil paints, the result is
> appallingly hard on the eyes. Clearly oil paints should not be used,
> and we should just place the brush tastefully on the canvas, because
> that is guaranteed to look good.
> 
> Don't blame the tool for its poor users.

A better analogy is:

When I add cocaine to my stew, the result is a appallingly bad for those who
eat it. Do you have any idea how rough cocaine is on the human body and
brain? My wife likes the analogy, being on cocaine is like pressing the
accelerator of your car all the way to the floor, ALL THE TIME, regardless
of whether you are moving forward or stopped at the lights. And yet, for
some reason, people seem to like the cocaine-riddled stew, and often ask me
to add more cocaine.

People cannot get enough of Javascript, no matter what it does to the
security and stability of their browser, no matter how many pop-ups it
launches or how much spyware and malware it installs, or how many times it
kills their browser.



-- 
Steven