🫢 Will Python Soon Become Obsolete?

I often get asked if Python will be replaced anytime soon by new technology or whether or not you should even bother to continue using it. In this short, I’ll share why I think Python isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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[ArjanCodes]

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[jorionedwards]

If I need a prototype done yesterday, I will still grab python because that's what its for.

[peculiar-coding-endeavours]

It has its use cases, but also big downsides. Depending on what you use it for, it's perfectly fine or a bad choice. Nothing wrong with that, and that's true for most languages. Just don't limit yourself to one. Be a software engineer, not a language/framework guy, and you'll be fine.

[Dyanosis]

Calling Python "not a real language" is like saying Java is dying. Even though Java is still used to power most of the electronics we have today.

[wbellmangmail]

Worrying about language relevance is silly. Programming is science, not a popularity contest. In just the last year I've seen still running production code in Perl, and Pascal. Python is a strong language and won't go anywhere anytime soon.

The "real language" comment is hilarious... *all* programming languges, except for assembly, are synthetic abstractions.

Keep makin' coding videos. You rock!

[CodeWhat]

I love python but I believe in hybrid mode. Use python most areas and compiled languages when speed is a must.

[Chessmasteroo]

Would be great to hear your thoughts on Mojo as superset of python in a short?

[JensN]

I use Python for everything and when I need performance I just write a C/C++ extension. Could not think of anything better

[stephenburgess]

If you think that's bad with Python, imagine how bad it is with PHP. Yet in the last ten years (and earlier), PHP consistently has over 75% share of programming languages used on web servers. Obviously many of these are Wordpress, but in general PHP is minimized as not being a real OOP language and not given equivalent status to Java, .Net, and yes even Python.

[EvanBoldt]

There’s a lot of worry about using the perfect tool for the job when really it’s probably better usually just to use something and get it done. I do think it’s worthwhile to learn new paradigms like learning that. Returning errors, borrow checking and copying, enum matching can all really change the way you think about programming.

[tankingblitz]

C is still here so why would python get obsolete

[maximebustros]

@ArjanCodes, What do you think about mojo ?

[sinancetinkaya]

What Python needs is that a superset version of Python like TypeScript of JavaScript

[tvhsrst]

@ArjanCodes, What do you think about using python in Devops practices? Thanks

[thelazydeveloper]

i argued a lot with people about it lol
anyways, the biggest python strength is community, and we see new languages like mojo that tries to keep a similar syntax but faster

[obsidiansiriusblackheart]

I LOVE python (my main language for 10 years), but in an "ideal world" I could see Go replacing python, but I don't see that ever happening because established companies won't just switch to the "best" tech for no reason (I mean, people still use PHP lol....)

[gavintillman]

I saw the title of the video and assumed it was going to be about Mojo taking over. Clearly one to watch.

[Efecretion]

Real men hijack the bus and write op-code.
Seriously though -- "real languages" like C are simply compiler instructions, and Python files are again just compiler instructions. The only difference is that they Python compiler is concurrent to running the code vs. a one-and-done approach. In the end very few people to proper _computer_ programming -- we just do _compiler_ programming.

[reyalsregnava]

What are you talking about? We are 100% going to shift to another language. There is no way we will stay on python. Why would we? We can just have the GTP Engineer draft programs in assembly, or binary. Or make up a new programing language way too complex for humans to ever use. Python is 100% going away. Just not for the reasons the nerds have been saying.

[guilhermewxs]

Half of the world runs on C++, C, Javascript and PHP. Python is a general purpose toy language but that only works decently if you're a data scientist and you don't want to use R (bcz it's a pile of garbage), and also in machine learning because Python libraries and interpreters are all written in C and C++ (Real languages).