Why are we learning Python?
No one actually uses Python in industry, and for good reason. It's a bad language. Everything is public, that's crazy! Any user can edit any aspect of your software written in Python. This makes Python useless for video games, security, and any professional program.
Why don't we learn a useful language like C++? The one that industry actually uses. Why should we learn Python exclusive quirks, if we will never ever use them? Some may say Python is useful because its easy to learn. Well why not just learn a useful language first? I learned C++ first.
Good question! Python is actually extremely useful.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I use Python very often for text processing and calculating statistics. It is extremely easy to modify files with python, for instance. Muuuch less of a pain than it is using either Java or C/C++.
Programming in Python is simple. What might take you days to program in C++ might take you a couple of hours to program in Python.
It also doesn't take much time to find job postings that list Python as one of the preferred skills.
All in all, learning an extra programming language will do you no harm and you can always pick up the next language you're interested in once you have a good base in one programming language.