alt Hacker NewsI don’t really understand the initial impetus. I like scripting in Python. That’s one of the things it’s good at. You can extremely quickly write up a simple script to perform some task, not worrying about types, memory, yada yada yada. I don’t like using Python as the main language for a large application.
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It seems to be Linux specific (does it even work on other unix like OSes?) and Linux usually has a system Python which is reasonably stable for things you need scripting for, whereas this requires go to be installed.
You could also use shell scripting or Python or another scripting language. While Python is not great at backward compatibility most scripts will have very few issues. Shell scripts are backward compatible as are many other scripting languages are very backward compatible (e.g. TCL) and they areG more likely to be preinstalled. If you are installing Go you could just install uv and use Python.
The article does say "I started this post out mostly trolling" which is part of it, but mostly the motivation would be that you have a strong preference for Go.
I just don't get how JS is any worse as a scripting language.
bla bla bla
node bla.js
You do have to worry about types, you always do. You have to know, what did this function return, what can you do with it.
When you know well the language, you dont need to search for this info for basic types, because you remember them.
But that's also true for typed languages.
Python is great for the coder, and unholy garbage for everyone else.
If you care about anyone but yourself, don't write things in python for other people to distribute, install, integrate, run, live with.
If you don't care about anyone else, enjoy python.
I love scripting in Python too. I just hate trying to install other people’s scripts.