At some point down the road retrocomputing will include using Python 2

🐝 Addison

2023-07-17 · 10 months ago · 👍 skyjake, mozz, totroptof

11 Comments ↓

🚀 stack · 2023-07-18 at 00:36:

Not a fan of Python; as a language snob, I can't think of any interesting contribution Python brought, except for an extremely convoluted infrastructure that breaks old code on updates... Also, no tail recursion. Blub.

🔭 DocEdelgas · 2023-07-18 at 02:57:

The thought of this makes me shudder.

🍄 Ruby_Witch · 2023-07-18 at 15:47:

Someday, Rust will be retro too! That's just the way things work. :)

🐝 Addison [OP] · 2023-07-18 at 18:09:

I gotta stop getting old

🚀 stack · 2023-07-18 at 20:00:

There is only one way to stop getting old...

☕️ Morgan · 2023-07-20 at 20:14:

@stack Agreed! Dart all the way, amiright? Okay, probably not going to get too much support around here for this one ;)

You can try it on the interblogs, if curious.

— DartPad

I'll just leave this here ;)

🐝 Addison [OP] · 2023-07-20 at 23:25:

@Morgan It looks like C# 👍

☕️ Morgan · 2023-07-21 at 13:09:

@Addison it should be one of the easiest modern languages to learn, think Java without the rough edges :) e.g. no primitive types or arrays, simplified class/member visibility, collaborative scheduling and isolates instead of multithreading.

🔭 DocEdelgas · 2023-07-21 at 17:39:

@Morgan That's arguably still very similar to C#.

🐝 Addison [OP] · 2023-07-21 at 18:38:

I've seen good work done with Flutter. Dart looks promising for sure.

☕️ Morgan · 2023-07-22 at 05:36:

@DocEdelgas yes :) I don't know C# well, but I believe it ;)