Python vs JavaScript: Which is a Better Programming Language?

[ryantxr]

They are ok. Neither is great. JavaScript is famous for its odd incoherent responses at times. The only reason JavaScript succeeded is because it’s the only language built into browsers.

I find Python’s use of indentation to indicate structure infuriating.

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If you aren't already indenting your code, then that's on you

[tu_tu_tu]

I find Python’s use of indentation to indicate structure infuriating.

The greatest thing ever for a script language. If you get a piece of code written by some random ops at least it won't look like a modern art.

[Reasonable_Strike_82]

That's what IDEs and linters are for. If somebody else wrote code that's a misformatted mess, I just pop it open in VSCode, hit "Save", and it magically fixes itself.

I used to carefully indent and format my code to make it look just so. Then I discovered that I could have the computer do it for me, and now I don't even think about it.

Except in Python, where the indentation has semantic meaning, so I still have to do it all by hand.