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0 pointsbmitc2y ago0 comments

That's a great example of the "simplicity" of Python being anything but.

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This is not at all unique to Python, and a footgun present in any language that allows multiple threads.

But if you're spawning multiple threads - in Python or any other language - you're already past any semblance of "simplicity", threads or no threads.

bmitcOP2y ago

That's a good point regarding print, however several other languages make multithreading easy. F#'s async is easy and just works as does Erlang and Elixir of course. Python's asyncio is barely even an async library, much less one that is simple.

int_19h2y ago

F# async will not prevent you from causing data races.

Erlang does by basically not having shared mutable data.

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int_19h2y ago

This is not at all unique to Python, and a footgun present in any language that allows multiple threads.

But if you're spawning multiple threads - in Python or any other language - you're already past any semblance of "simplicity", threads or no threads.

bmitcOP2y ago

int_19h2y ago

F# async will not prevent you from causing data races.

Erlang does by basically not having shared mutable data.

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