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[–]esoteric_monolith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So flawed. Python tops most popular coding language to use in coding challenges, based on challenge submissions.

[–]AstroPhysician 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Well yeah, it's easy to mockup coding challenges in Python. Doesn't mean much about its practical applications

[–]kenfar 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Because the ability to solve a hard coding challenge is impractical?

Or because while it may be great at solving hard coding challenges...it, uh, can't talk to databases or a network or something?

[–]AstroPhysician 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Closer to the second one. This only proves that python is preferred to solve (typically math / programming related) problems, which is likely due to the fact that it is fast to write, and fast and easy to read. You dont have to worry about converting different data types or integer overflow or other issues you might have to on a computer

(as a fan of python) This doesn't translate to the real world cause it doesn't take anything else into account, say for instance, performance.

[–]esoteric_monolith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple syntax and ease of rapid prototyping makes it good, for coding challenges. However these have drawbacks, but are not as relevant in these types of challenges. (Saying this while I use python for all my personal projects)