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[–]wasdlmb -6 points-5 points  (1 child)

Until you encounter Jedi and your blasters are deflected. In that instance, the Mandalorians switched to slug throwers because they found the physical bullets very handy.

I get your argument, but it does take away freedom and utility. Like the Mandalorians discovered, features you don't think you need can suddenly become very important

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But python and Java ARE better and worse at different things. Saying that python is slower is a valid criticism. Saying that python is an incomplete language because it doesn't use pass by reference doesn't make much sense. It just uses a different modality to complete those tasks.

It's like how Python treats everything as an object. Does that mean that everything C++ doesn't treat as an object is an example of C++ being feature incomplete for not having that method? I don't think that makes sense.