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0 pointssillysaurus311y ago0 comments

I didn't mean to be rude. I'm sorry if it sounded that way. I think it's both shortsighted and irresponsible to force people to abandon libraries that work.

The parent poster wasn't concerned about learning the language. They were concerned about dependencies that work, which is what I was saying:

"I care about getting my python script working as soon as possible and for a foreseeable future - I couldn't care less for the Python language and it's future."

Yes, I didn't mean "nobody" literally. I should have said "few."

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sho_hn11y ago

> The parent poster wasn't concerned about learning the language. They were concerned about dependencies that work

No, read more of the thread - to quote the OP:

> I rarely write anything high language besides small scripts.

OK, so you could argue that their scripts probably remain small because they call into tons of third-party code, but honestly I get the impression that it's a case of working with the included batteries and not being overly concerned with dependencies. If it was solely about deps availability, they probably wouldn't have talked about "learning Python 3" as their sticking point.

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