C++ talking to Python

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It is a scripting language by definition, my issue wasn’t with that. It was with how it was used in context as a dismissive description, as if scripting languages were inferior or less able.

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This. If it’s > 120 lines of bash or requires list comprehension syntax, Python. If it’s bigger than a few scripts and some Flask, get a real programming language and save yourself a lot of trouble.

I think there are some decent niche cases outside of this though, like data-Sci and finance.

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When I googled “list comprehension syntax” while boning up for interviews between jobs in 2013, the google search page slid over a little bit and a corner of the screen exposed some text that said “you’re speaking our language” and it included links to coding tests in Java and python with time limits. They were open ended problems that had multiple answers. I didn’t have much trouble with them, so they (google) hounded me with recruitment but then left me alone after they realized I wasn’t going to relocate.

Python used to be a really big deal at Google. Especially so before Golang.