#languagewars — Public Fediverse posts

The first order of business is to continue the #CAQBS...

Premier Fréchette to renew #notwithstandingclause on Québec's language law: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-notwithstanding-clause-9.7188161 #CAQASTROPHE #CAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #beingbilingualisnotabadthing

The first order of business is to continue the #CAQBS...

Premier Fréchette to renew #notwithstandingclause on Québec's language law: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-notwithstanding-clause-9.7188161 #CAQASTROPHE #CAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #beingbilingualisnotabadthing

The first order of business is to continue the #CAQBS...

Premier Fréchette to renew #notwithstandingclause on Québec's language law: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-notwithstanding-clause-9.7188161 #CAQASTROPHE #CAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #beingbilingualisnotabadthing

The first order of business is to continue the #CAQBS...

Premier Fréchette to renew #notwithstandingclause on Québec's language law: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-notwithstanding-clause-9.7188161 #CAQASTROPHE #CAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #beingbilingualisnotabadthing

The first order of business is to continue the #CAQBS...

Premier Fréchette to renew #notwithstandingclause on Québec's language law: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-notwithstanding-clause-9.7188161 #CAQASTROPHE #CAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #beingbilingualisnotabadthing

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

Hear, hear!

“Choosing Languages”, Steve Klabnik (https://steveklabnik.com/writing/choosing-languages/).

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/gvgmth/choosing_languages

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43355322

#Rust #RESF #RIIR #LanguageWars #ProgrammingLanguages #ContemptCulture

I never understood why would any artists, who sing in English, come to Québec with its perverse language laws, anti-fabric BS, etc.?

Fans of those who do not tour through Québec will go to Toronto, or Ottawa, etc. to see such shows...

If you think this has nothing to do w/ #CAQists, or #CAQidiocy, I don't think you're paying attention to #CAQastrophic policies.

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-skips-montreal-as-she-announces-canadian-tour-dates #antifabric #racism #xenophobia #BS #languagewars

I never understood why would any artists, who sing in English, come to Québec with its perverse language laws, anti-fabric BS, etc.?

Fans of those who do not tour through Québec will go to Toronto, or Ottawa, etc. to see such shows...

If you think this has nothing to do w/ #CAQists, or #CAQidiocy, I don't think you're paying attention to #CAQastrophic policies.

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-skips-montreal-as-she-announces-canadian-tour-dates #antifabric #racism #xenophobia #BS #languagewars

I never understood why would any artists, who sing in English, come to Québec with its perverse language laws, anti-fabric BS, etc.?

Fans of those who do not tour through Québec will go to Toronto, or Ottawa, etc. to see such shows...

If you think this has nothing to do w/ #CAQists, or #CAQidiocy, I don't think you're paying attention to #CAQastrophic policies.

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-skips-montreal-as-she-announces-canadian-tour-dates #antifabric #racism #xenophobia #BS #languagewars

I never understood why would any artists, who sing in English, come to Québec with its perverse language laws, anti-fabric BS, etc.?

Fans of those who do not tour through Québec will go to Toronto, or Ottawa, etc. to see such shows...

If you think this has nothing to do w/ #CAQists, or #CAQidiocy, I don't think you're paying attention to #CAQastrophic policies.

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-skips-montreal-as-she-announces-canadian-tour-dates #antifabric #racism #xenophobia #BS #languagewars