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Pros of Python
- Great libraries1.2K
- Readable code961
- Beautiful code846
- Rapid development787
- Large community689
- Open source435
- Elegant393
- Great community282
- Object oriented272
- Dynamic typing220
- Great standard library77
- Very fast59
- Functional programming55
- Easy to learn49
- Scientific computing45
- Great documentation35
- Productivity29
- Easy to read28
- Matlab alternative28
- Simple is better than complex23
- It's the way I think20
- Imperative19
- Free18
- Very programmer and non-programmer friendly18
- Powerfull language17
- Machine learning support17
- Fast and simple16
- Scripting14
- Explicit is better than implicit12
- Ease of development11
- Clear and easy and powerfull10
- Unlimited power9
- It's lean and fun to code8
- Import antigravity8
- Print "life is short, use python"7
- Python has great libraries for data processing7
- Although practicality beats purity6
- Flat is better than nested6
- Great for tooling6
- Rapid Prototyping6
- Readability counts6
- High Documented language6
- I love snakes6
- Fast coding and good for competitions6
- There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious6
- Now is better than never6
- Great for analytics5
- Lists, tuples, dictionaries5
- Easy to learn and use4
- Simple and easy to learn4
- Easy to setup and run smooth4
- Web scraping4
- CG industry needs4
- Socially engaged community4
- Complex is better than complicated4
- Multiple Inheritence4
- Beautiful is better than ugly4
- Plotting4
- If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad id3
- Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules3
- Pip install everything3
- List comprehensions3
- No cruft3
- Generators3
- Import this3
- It is Very easy , simple and will you be love programmi3
- Many types of collections3
- If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a g3
- Batteries included2
- Should START with this but not STICK with This2
- Powerful language for AI2
- Can understand easily who are new to programming2
- Flexible and easy2
- Good for hacking2
- A-to-Z2
- Because of Netflix2
- Only one way to do it2
- Better outcome2
- Sexy af1
- Slow1
- Securit1
- Ni0
- Powerful0
Pros of Stack Overflow
- Scary smart community257
- Knows all206
- Voting system142
- Good questions134
- Good SEO83
- Addictive22
- Tight focus14
- Share and gain knowledge10
- Useful7
- Fast loading3
- Gamification2
- Knows everyone1
- Experts share experience and answer questions1
- Stack overflow to developers As google to net surfers1
- Questions answered quickly1
- No annoying ads1
- No spam1
- Fast community response1
- Good moderators1
- Quick answers from users1
- Good answers1
- User reputation ranking1
- Efficient answers1
- Leading developer community1
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Cons of Python
- Still divided between python 2 and python 353
- Performance impact28
- Poor syntax for anonymous functions26
- GIL22
- Package management is a mess19
- Too imperative-oriented14
- Hard to understand12
- Dynamic typing12
- Very slow12
- Indentations matter a lot8
- Not everything is expression8
- Incredibly slow7
- Explicit self parameter in methods7
- Requires C functions for dynamic modules6
- Poor DSL capabilities6
- No anonymous functions6
- Fake object-oriented programming5
- Threading5
- The "lisp style" whitespaces5
- Official documentation is unclear.5
- Hard to obfuscate5
- Circular import5
- Lack of Syntax Sugar leads to "the pyramid of doom"4
- The benevolent-dictator-for-life quit4
- Not suitable for autocomplete4
- Meta classes2
- Training wheels (forced indentation)1
Cons of Stack Overflow
- Not welcoming to newbies3
- Unfair downvoting3
- Unfriendly moderators3
- No opinion based questions3
- Mean users3
- Limited to types of questions it can accept2
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What is Python?
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
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Scala
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