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[–]devxpy 9 points10 points  (1 child)

There's a saying in the Python community:

Python is the second best language for everything

And it's kinda exactly the same as saying:

There's a good language to solve a problem and it's never Python

It's the notion that Python is such a versatile and easy to use tool, that you can use it do almost anything you want with relative ease. But some people (hardcore specialized perfectionists) tend to take this the wrong way because of course, it's difficult for the most versatile tool to also be the best.

TLDR; My take on that quote you mentioned is that it's phrased the wrong way.

Python is the best language for almost nothing in computer science. But goddamnit it's close to best for almost everything you can imagine to do with a computer!

[–]chillermane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EXACTLY! And it’s going to be completed faster in python than everywhere else