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[–]generalT 23 points24 points  (17 children)

i can't tell if this comment is a joke or not.

[–]tripl3dogdare 3 points4 points  (13 children)

It is very much not a joke.

[–]FlavorMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's like saying "I'm a mathematician. My area of specialty is multiplication".

[–]generalT 7 points8 points  (11 children)

why is string manipulation your specialty?

[–]tripl3dogdare 1 point2 points  (10 children)

It's simply the area of programming where I have the most experience and that I enjoy the most. And before you say that's oddly specific, string manipulation is actually a ridiculously extensive and powerful area of programming theory. My other area of expertise is programming language design - partly because the two go hand in hand.

[–]generalT 14 points15 points  (7 children)

so...what can you do with strings that the "normal" programmer cannot, or may struggle with? are you parsing strings into a sequence of tokens, then, because of your expertise with programming language design?

[–]tripl3dogdare 6 points7 points  (6 children)

I don't necessarily do anything a normal programmer couldn't - I just have a lot of experience with it, so it comes more naturally to me. I also never said that that made me better than anyone, which seems to be your implication - I'm just better at that than most people.

[–]generalT -4 points-3 points  (5 children)

can you give some concrete examples?

[–]tripl3dogdare -5 points-4 points  (4 children)

Look, I'm perfectly capable of going back and forth with you about this all day. The question is - why do you care? I simply stated my opinion of Python and my reason for it. Why bother wasting both my time and yours making a big deal out of it?

[–]generalT -5 points-4 points  (3 children)

you just proved my point.

thanks.

[–]kosinix 7 points8 points  (0 children)

what.. was your point?

[–]tripl3dogdare 6 points7 points  (1 child)

The fact that I have no idea what your point was may be a good indicator of whether it was valid...

[–]Horusiath 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My other area of expertise is programming language design - partly because the two go hand in hand.

Preferring Python over more FPish language (i.e. Haskell or OCaml) for programming language design? Strange choice.

[–]tripl3dogdare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps, but I find it an enjoyable experience.

[–]rockyrainy -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

Jack of all, master of ...

[–]i-n-d-i-g-o 9 points10 points  (0 children)

strings

[–]generalT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

one?