this post is probably too nieche

yep. this post is too nietzsche

Brazil did NOT make a programming language entirely in Spanish

Because we speak fucking portuguese

I'll hate on python (or any dynamically typed lang) as much as the next guy, but let's not be language snobs

Why would Brazil choose Spanish?

C is the old carpenter, who can drive in nails with three strikes of the hammer and never forgets his tools.

C# is his friend who just uses power tools instead. He is fine too. He goes home early whenever he can.

Python is the new guy at work who thinks he's super smart. He actually can do the job really well, but for some reason nobody likes him all that much.

Javascript is the boss's son who got the job since he agreed to stay off pills but he does not. He is useful to be friendly with, maybe, but avoid him any day that you can. Typescript is his weird fiancée. She is significantly less stupid but much more rarely useful, and also best avoided.

Go and Rust are tight-knit friends who get shit done. They are extremely capable but also not friendly, they tend not to talk much.

Clojure does mushrooms on weekends, and seems to believe he has key insights the rest of the crew is too dim to understand, but he also makes frequent simple mistakes on the job and forgets things. Also avoid.

Java only has the job because he's known the boss since they were kids. He was never that good, but now he is old, and frequently drunk. Avoid at all costs.

To start with Brazil speaks Portuguese not Spanish

I try to avoid python for two main reasons. While coding, white spaces. Who thought that was a good idea? While using, shared dependancies, again who thought thay was a good idea? I have to use pipx or manually make a venv otherwise python scripts start breaking each other. May as well just package it with its own dependancies from the get go.

I'll be honest, I think modern python is cool. You just need to accept that it has some limitations by design, but they mostly makes sense for its purpose.

It's true that the type system is optional, but it gets more and more expressive with every version, it's honestly quite cool. I wish Pylance were a bit smarter though, it sometimes fails to infer sum types in if-else statements.

After a couple large-ish personal projects I have concluded that the problem of python isn't the language, but the users.

On the other hand, C's design is barren. Sure, it works, it does the thing, it gives you very low level control. But there is nothing of note in the design, if not some quirks of the specifications. Being devoid of innovation is its strength and weakness.