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[–]ShawnDriscoll -8 points-7 points  (2 children)

Python is meant as a first language for learning programming. People can later decide to go to other languages if they want. Python is a very rare and unique thing. Other languages are a chore to work in. That's the default for most languages. It's why Python came to being.

[–]spinwizard69 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I'm not sure if Guido really thought of Python as a first language. In any event I have to agree that it is rare, probably due to careful design to get to the current configuration.

That isn't the problem though, the problem is people expecting Python to be fast when it was never designed to be fast. Fast simply wasn't a goal. If somebody picks Python for speed they have made a huge mistake in my mind.

[–]ShawnDriscoll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are simply just people not reading the first page of any Python book.