Why do you use python?

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:26 PM,  <mbg1708 at planetmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 21 March 2016 04:13:45 UTC, Chris Angelico  wrote:
>> 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.
>> >
>> > 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
>
> Spot on.  It's actually worse than Chris says.  I've had trouble with old code that I WROTE MYSELF.  Please don't tell me that I didn't try hard enough the first time......the only time to find that out is the second time!!

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