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Nothing you mention is unique to Python. C# (for example) has all of that. And no there is no agreement in “the community”. Just look at the very long dynamic vs. static typing discussions we have all the time on HN.

And if you think that typing a few fewer characters will make you more productive then we clearly don’t agree on what it means to be productive. Programming is not about typing fast :)

And pick any two random developers using the same programming language and you will probably find that they vary dramatically in productivity.

And please don’t worship Google developers like they are made of magic fairy dust. I have worked with people who ended up joining Google and they were OK but not great developers.

So no it is very far from being obvious.



Getting rid of 60% of the code, generally speaking is a productivity boost. It's a bit more significant than a "few characters".

I'm pretty sure that developing with scripting languages is significantly faster than regular programming languages :p

Are you actually trying to argue against that?

Not sure why you think I was worshipping them? Several hundred developers being knocked out by 20 developers is an impressive feat.




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