[TriLUG] Broad question

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

You got me with "spectacularly curated standard library."

Thanks.

On Sat, Sep 2, 2023, 4:46 PM Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Scott Lambdin via TriLUG said on Fri, 1 Sep 2023 17:01:49 -0400
>
> >Gentle beings,
> >
> >I find myself retired a little earlier than I expected so I'm moving to
> >Mexico.
> >
> >I want to work on a project that is basically a site where people can
> >play four handed chess. My skills are way out of date, and I am hoping
> >you could just recommend the modern technologies I can start learning.
> > I know perl and c (albeit with a layer of dust an inch think). But I
> > am willing to go a
> >new direction.  I would especially like a platform that might someday
> >help me get some gig work.
>
> I did a lot of professional Perl work in the late 1990's, and some Free
> Software Perl work in the early 00's, but in my opinion Perl's "many
> ways" philosophy makes it easy for a developer to shoot himself in the
> foot, and almost guarantees that Perl developers won't be able to read
> each others' code unless they Perl with similar dialects.
>
> For things that need to be fast, small, and/or interface with the OS, C
> is great. Use it!
>
> I'd recommend Python to replace Perl. Python isn't the best language in
> the world (Lua is), but with its spectacularly curated standard library
> plus other available packages, you're pretty much guaranteed that
> anything you start with Python you finish with Python (perhaps with a
> little C).
>
> I can't imagine C getting you gig work, but I'd imagine that Python is
> as likely to get you gig work as any other *single* language.
>
> SteveT
>
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