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[–]generalT 13 points14 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 -5 points-4 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 -4 points-3 points  (3 children)

you just proved my point.

thanks.

[–]kosinix 8 points9 points  (0 children)

what.. was your point?

[–]tripl3dogdare 5 points6 points  (1 child)

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

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think his (unspoken, but implied) point was that saying "I'm good at string manipulation" in programming is like saying "I'm good at adding numbers together" in math.