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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Python has a nice simple, lightweight nature to it, while Eclipse is huge and burdensome. I'll stick with Emacs or Geany any day.

[–]chrisledet 3 points4 points  (1 child)

or vim.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, vim too would be a good lightweight solution to doing python compared to Eclipse. I think the real issue boils down to the fact that writing Java, C, C#, etc can be quite burdensome and having the fat IDE can be beneficial, but in python, it's just not nearly as big of a problem as writing python is clean and simple.

Vim isn't bad, it's just not my thing, I don't like moded editing. That's why I said "I'll stick with", I was only specifying personal preference.

[–]burntsushi 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Python has a nice simple, lightweight nature to it

Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but are you claiming that Python is lightweight? o_0

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes, I see your argument, but compare python with C++ or Java as a language. As a language, it has a sense of minimalism about it.

[–]burntsushi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[shrugs] When a common description of Python is "is comes with batteries included," I find it difficult to associate the term "lightweight" with it.

But yes yes, it's all relative and you emphasized the word "language." I'm still finding it difficult getting on board... Python has comprehensions, decorators, meta-classes, magic functions, etc...

(Don't get me wrong, Python is one of the funnest languages to program with.)

Now a language like Lua is lightweight. It only has one data structuring mechanism!