[Info-vax] Python for x86?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-04-14, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/2023 1:46 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> My point is that Python has a major thing going for it in that it is
>> relatively easy to learn and use by people who are not professional
>> programmers or professional sysadmins. 
>
> And if all there was to programming was syntax that might be a good
> thing.  But it isn't and having all these totally unqualified asses
> writing "programs" is certainly not a good thing.
>

That is a totally out of touch and _extremely_ elitist thing to say Bill.

We are talking about applications and areas that have skilled domain
knowledge experts, but who are not computer programmers. What you
appear to be saying is that these people are not allowed to use their
expertise until they become C or C++ experts.

Python is being used to allow these people to make full of their
specialised knowledge without having to learn C or C++.

Also, given the interactive nature of many of these applications, Python is
way more suited than C or C++ anyway, at least when it comes to initially
exploring a problem.

Besides, how would you even _use_ C or C++ as a scripting language
in (for example) Blender anyway ?

Simon.

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