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mnw21cam on Nov 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java is better than C++ for high speed trading sys...

I'm primarily a Java programmer, but I had a go at learning Python a little while ago. I couldn't stand it - it just seemed so sloppy and poorly-defined. I don't consider myself as being superior to Python devs or having an astronomical ego, but Python-hate? Yeah.

paganel on Nov 26, 2020 [–]

I got myself my first job as a Python programmer 15 years ago by (among other things) mentioning this blog entry: "Python Is Not Java" [1]

[1] https://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html

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