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Wonderful summary. 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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When ever I see the word 'expert' it always reminds of a quote (can't remember from where):
"An 'ex' is a has been, and a 'spurt' is a drip under pressure".
I never want to be an expert, but I will settle for competent or knowledgeable.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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>"An 'ex' is a has been, and a 'spurt' is a drip under pressure".
I first heard it from CPO Pertwee in The Navy Lark in the 60s or 70s.
John
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Another reason is that a lot of the most popular artificial intelligence frameworks are written in Python being that it is the preferred language of many academic institutions.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Python is the new Pascal.
Good for learning, rarely used to run a business.
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Oy! I like Pascal (especially in the Borland Delphi flavours) and I did develop/run business software in it (and the business was very grateful!) 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: rarely used to run a business.
On a corporate level, yes, I agree with this. However, I know for a fact that many game development companies (AAA in fact), use Python/Django/etc. for their websites and web stuff, exclusively. Also, I am seeing an influx in MongoDB for the back-end on a lot of these gaming sites.
Gaming may not be a big deal with a lot of the members here, but it is a multi-billion dollar industry. Just saying...
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Python is so much more than a language.
It is a tool for power, for dominance, for fighting back against anyone who attemtps to put any other infrastructure, any other way to organize your files, any other way to distribute updates... Python has got its own. Once you have succeeded in getting Python into your organization, you can disregard a whole lot of the stuff you earlier had to take into consideration: The OS, the standard libraries, interfacing to other systems... You can do it your way, you are the one mastering it.
I am working in a development environment using several different languages and development tools. Everyone but the Python guys cooperate and coordinate with the others, but the Python guys turn their back to the others: Sorry (or not really sorry) - we do things in a different way in Python! They demand that all company wide solution be those that fit the Python infrastructure; it is impossible for them to accept general solutions. Rather, they present (or develop themselves, in the back office, halfway in secrecy) Python specific solutions applicable for Python only. Their answer to the question of general applicability is simple: Just switch everything project to Python!
This is certainly not specific to our company. I see it everywhere I meet other software people, in the professional media, everywhere Python is mentioned, it is with a disregard for everything non-Python. Python (and Python people) take care of themselves, ignoring others.
Python is a tool for dominance. Those who manage the Python infrastructure - the thousands of Python packages, the Python specivic distribution mechanisms, the structure of the Python directories, the ways to identify tools and versions and files and everything, ... - have so much power over the entire software development process, compared to one who has learned another dotNet language that fits nicely into the the existing infrastructure.
Btw, Python is not the only software used as a dominance tool. The containerisation software (and people) are the same way: Forget your old ways of managing software build environments, do as we tell you to! Sure, you must redo a lot from bottom up, because we tell you to isolate yourself from your old OS, your old file system structures, your old build software, your old artifact handling - that's the whole pupose of it: Do it as we tell you to!
That's power - to us who master that specific tool!
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Sounds so much like Swift. 
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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A young person may not really know what he wants to be until he works for a few years even longer.
TOMZ_KV
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It is easy to learn... but that comes with it's own dangers.
Because the schools can use Linus for free, they tend to and that environment lends itself to Python
As mentioned elsewhere it is the darling of the Anti-Microsoft crowd, but there is a twist to that. In practical terms that means Amazon even more than Linux. You should be aware that Amazon is making a huge effort of social engineering, partly to sell AWS services, but there is more to it than that. They have a political agenda as well and that includes "programmers" as a commodity - staffing on demand. Python fits that because of its simplicity.
Python is a money maker for AWs also, because it is not very efficient, so you will need more AWS computing resources to use it = more money for Amazon.
One other reason for the popularity of Python though is that it is a practical alternative to FORTRAN. The science world has finally accepted a replacement for FORTRAN and that has made just about everyone happy.
One other reason for the popularity of Python though is that it is a practical (free) alternative to Matlab. DataScience and data-mining is all the buzz now and Python has good capability for that - using C code to make it work.
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I have similar experience with someone said about SAS too. Me? I use whatever tools/languages suited for the job. Whichever tools get the job done quicker, that is the right tool, be it Python or Assembler.
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Vunic wrote: I asked one of the job applicants, a fresher what he wants to be. he says "Python developer".
So someone with no experience relying on someone whose opinion they respect? Seems pretty normal to me.
Now explain to me why people with decades of experience still make statements about stuff that was never true or was only true long ago. And when asked to back up their claims their only evidence often is "because everyone knows that".
Vunic wrote: Then I asked, after 5 years?
Err...why ask that question at all?
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Brisingr means "Fire" according to the Eragon books...
Sure, this is not you?
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I'm not that stupid!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Obligatory comment (take no offense - this is on auto-pilot):
OK - you're not that stupid, but then tell us - how stupid are you ?
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What
Would
Darwin
Say ?
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Paging Darles Charwin, Darles Charwin please call the burn ward.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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So I started on this page (Developer Support Resources | Android Developers[^]) for Android support.
One of the links is to the android-developers support forum[^]
If you click the link hoping to find a place to ask for help you're rewarded with:
Quote: Banned Content Warning
The group you are attempting to view (Android Developers) has been identified as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content. Content in this group is now limited to view-only mode for those with access.
Group owners can request an appeal after they have taken steps to clean up potentially offensive content in the forum. For more information about content policies on Google Groups see our Help Center article on abuse and our Terms of Service.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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And if you add to this, that there are no topics at all in this group...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Sh*t just read he's dead
See title
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Come on can members of my CD collection please stop dying! 
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