Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> As you gain experience in Python, you develop a preference for virtualenvwrapper and experiment with 300 different ways to build a distributable package, then start extending __getitem__ and __setitem__ and adding decorators to everything and before you realize what you've done, you've torn apart the laws of physics and your code has nightmarish side effects lurking around every corner.

Alternatively, you glimpse the chthonic horrors lurking at the end of that path, purge your code of hidden mutable state, and use Python to write straightforward procedural programs.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: