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0 pointsforrestthewoods4y ago0 comments

I'd be moderately happy with Python if it had full static typing, improved error handling, fixed packaging, fixed deployment, and removed the GIL.

I like to think that containers only exist because deploying a Python application is so %^#(&*# complicated that the easiest way to do is to deploy an entire runtime image. It's an absolute nightmare and travesty. So bad. So very very bad. https://xkcd.com/1987/

I'm not optimistic on TypeScript for Python. That'd be great if such a thing existed! I'm not optimistic on packaging or deployment. There is recent progress on GIL removal which is exciting! There is hope, but I'm proceeding with very cautious optimism.

Comprehensions are kinda great, but also hideous and backwards. Rust iterators are a significant improvement imho. The fact that no recent languages have chosen to copy Python's syntax for comprehensions is telling!

Oh, and I think the standard library API design is pretty poor. Filesystem has caused me immense pain and suffering. Runtime errors are the worst.

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jolux4y ago

> I'm not optimistic on TypeScript for Python. That'd be great if such a thing existed

MyPy exists, Python officially supports type annotations.

I do think comprehensions are a weird feature for Python, particularly from the “one way to do it” perspective. And also because the language so strongly discourages FP patterns outside of comprehensions.

Overall I would say the language is a lot better than the ecosystem, and that it suffers a lot from having a bad packaging design. I’m not a fan, suffice it to say. It’s best if you can stick to the standard library.

joconde4y ago

> Oh, and I think the standard library API design is pretty poor. Filesystem has caused me immense pain and suffering. Runtime errors are the worst.

Do you mean os.path, pathlib.Path, or something else? I use pathlib.Path all the time and never get filesystem errors anymore, it's really practical.

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