Python is readable, awk is not. I'd rather spend an extra 5 minutes writing something that I don't have to burn 20 minutes understanding in just a few months time.
I think the popularity of Python for scripting is pretty good evidence that PG was dead wrong on the importance of brevity in programming languages. Further evidence can be found in Python's development of type hints.
I think the popularity of Python for scripting is pretty good evidence that PG was dead wrong on the importance of brevity in programming languages. Further evidence can be found in Python's development of type hints.