Why do you use python?

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:59 PM,  <rharding64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> instead, to be efficient, it is best to combine tools to solve problems that contain complexities where there is nothing available off the shelve that does the job. c# is free, free VS studio, i can run ironpython there, i can do python there, and talk to linux boxes with python, i can run c# on linux boxes using mono(did that back in 2004 and thereafter for a while).  i can run python on my beaglebone black inside of snappy ubuntu, ect.
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> so i ask those employers why not use what is available to solve problems instead of limiting yourself to just one???

Because you won't be there forever, and they'll have to find someone
else to maintain your hellspawn hodge-podge of languages, tools, and
libraries. (And yes, it will be described that way by the next person,
no matter how careful you are.) It's in their interests to restrict
its complexity at least a bit. I'm not sure what advantage you gain by
incorporating C# into the mix, but the *dis*advantage is that, forever
afterward, Visual Studio and Mono will be necessary to use and develop
this project. Every new thing needed is another thing that can go
wrong, another thing people need to learn, etc, etc.

So instead of treating programming like a plumber at a hardware store,
treat it like an artist with a canvas. You wouldn't normally see a
portrait done partly in watercolor and partly in oils - or if it is,
it's for a VERY deliberate effect. You'd more often see one style used
for one project, and maybe another one used for another.

ChrisA