I wonder if Graham writes from the perspective of a startup founder, i.e., he observed other founders who used Python in 2004 and got a positive impression.
I do not have this impression in 2023. No website written in Python is as polished as GitHub (has Ruby influenced the elegance?).
The scientific ecosystem is chaotic, new and half-finished tools are released daily, packaging is a mess. Of course some of the scientists are smart in their domain, but not always in programming.
Core development is pedestrian and run by unproductive, dominant bureaucrats who want to remain in power. From a CS point of view, Python is of zero interest and has few exciting areas.
Python has maximalist specifications with many bugs in the resulting case explosions. Python has too much churn and a horrible package manager.
I don't see smart people who are attracted to Python (like maybe in 2004). They sometimes use it, grudgingly.
I do not have this impression in 2023. No website written in Python is as polished as GitHub (has Ruby influenced the elegance?).
The scientific ecosystem is chaotic, new and half-finished tools are released daily, packaging is a mess. Of course some of the scientists are smart in their domain, but not always in programming.
Core development is pedestrian and run by unproductive, dominant bureaucrats who want to remain in power. From a CS point of view, Python is of zero interest and has few exciting areas.
Python has maximalist specifications with many bugs in the resulting case explosions. Python has too much churn and a horrible package manager.
I don't see smart people who are attracted to Python (like maybe in 2004). They sometimes use it, grudgingly.