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I (and it turns out a lot of other people) used to use "do they code in Python?" as a heuristic for "are they a smart self motivated programmer" Well Peter Nor
by ithrow 5y ago
I (and it turns out a lot of other people) used to use "do they code in Python?" as a heuristic for "are they a smart self motivated programmer"
Well Peter Norvig switch from lisp to Python.., as also others googlers did when they saw that their teammates writing python where as productive or more than themselves using lisp.
- lukashrb 5y ago> Peter Norvig here. I came to Python not because I thought it was a better/acceptable/pragmatic Lisp, but because it was better pseudocode.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803815
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- ithrow 5y agoand then: In terms of programming-in-the-large, at Google and elsewhere, I think that language choice is not as important as all the other choices: if you have the right overall architecture, the right team of programmers, the right development process that allows for rapid development with continuous improvement, then many languages will work for you; if you don't have those things you're in trouble regardless of your language choice.
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoChoosing python as your interview language seems like just an unfair advantage at this point. And then choosing python for complex high performance work seems like asking for a headache at this point.