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> If you aren't designing computer chips, you have no reason to use it. It's a horrible language.

What an unfair statement to make; by no means is it an horrible language. Just because it doesn't fit your tastes doesn't make it "horrible".

That's like me saying having to start a line of Python with three spaces is annoying design which makes it an horrible language. Take your statement elsewhere.



30 years of TCL here. It really is the worst.

I immediately moved my scripts to Python 1.0 when Python arrived on the scene because TCL (and PERL) were so horrible.


> 30 years of TCL here. It really is the worst.

If it's personal preference, than fine. But that doesn't make it a horrible language for all. I enjoy TCL and Perl and I'm 35.

I don't touch Python because I don't enjoy it. And I coded with it when it was in early 2.0x in 2003. I'd rather learn Java.




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