>In a recent talk I said something that upset a lot of people: that you could get smarter programmers to work on a Python project than you could to work on a Java project.
>I didn't mean by this that Java programmers are dumb. I meant that Python programmers are smart. It's a lot of work to learn a new programming language. And people don't learn Python because it will get them a job; they learn it because they genuinely like to program and aren't satisfied with the languages they already know.
- Paul Graham, 2004
This was almost a decade ago. Python is the Java of today. What's the Python of today?
>>1
Smarter programmers dislike the boilerplate and "enterprise" bloat more than FIOC, because the latter doesn't harm productivity and allows to concentrate on the problem.
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>>6
Why don't you try to read OP's question before showing off your edginess?
Jump to the last line if you're too lazy to read the whole post.
>>7
Still thinking Python is going to be the next Java? Are you that retarded? They occupy different niches, have different purposes, one of them is for scripting and quick hacks the other is a JIT compiled programs which is geared for business and millions LoC.
>>1 I didn't mean by this that Java programmers are dumb. I meant that Python programmers are smart. It's a lot of work to learn a new programming language.
Lol, PG is dumb.
>>17
Ruby is closer to PHP than Python in terms of the competence of the average user. It attracts low-skill hipsters because it's a quick-and-dirty language liked by hipsters.