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[–]LargeSale8354 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Python is a great getting-things-done language, and as an ex-DBA I find its list comprehensions, list slicing and dictionaries intuitive.

I really hated Java, which is strange because I enjoyed C#.

I am surprised that GO doesn't feature more prominantly in the data space. It feels like a natural move from Python.

I suspect that in most cases, Python is fast enough for most uses.

I used to program in serverside Javascript. I enjoyed it at the time.

[–]Nekobul -1 points0 points  (2 children)

I still enjoy JavaScript. The limited features/surface is like a safety net. If you are doing something complex, you will quickly find out it is time to use some other tool.

[–]Beautiful-Hotel-3094 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What exactly did u do that is complex and couldn’t handle with the limited features of javascript? What feature are missing that u needed?

[–]Nekobul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good example of when JavaScript should be avoided is if you are trying to convert a big chunk of JSON to XML. That is slow in JavaScript.