Is python in anyway a competitor to C/++ and Java other than

i would never script plugins or system automation stuff in c/c++/java

In smaller applications where performance matters less, and meeting a deadline matters more, languages like Python and Ruby are much more useful.

>>56641746
There are tons of cases where raw computational performance doesn't really matter, and wasting time with boilerplate-heavy languages to accomplish those tasks in the same way is a waste of time

>>56642057
so is there a reason to learn C/++ instead of Python if all you're doing is building small applications and want to do it quickly and not autisticaly?

>>56642067
Looking for excuses to not learn languages is a mark of a poor programmer.

But no, if you never need the improved computational performance and your development all lends itself to python, there's no particularly productive reason to learn anything else

>>56642086
I agree and I don't really know where to begin because I'm not sure what I want to do. Is there something I can I do to inspire myself and come up with ideas that would be useful to people, or should I just accept I'm too stupid to think of something new whether it is is software or not and blow my brains out now as I'm doomed to be a drone and not a thinker.

>>56642120
Why are you asking other people whether you're capable of thinking or not? You already know the answer, and if you don't you can find out by trying and seeing if you fail.

>>56642174
ok
if I never have any ideas then thats that.

OP you are hopeless
>haha I'm going to bash programming languages I don't know or use because it takes a real man to get through the C/++ tutorial on codecademy >=)
-You

>>56641746
>Is python in anyway a competitor to C/++ and Java other than catering for retards and women?
no

python is seriously trash it's a horrible language, it could be useful for scripting and non-critical applications but for anything remotely serious you need a real programming language like C++ or java

python is NOT on the same level as C, C++ and java.

python was designed by ONE guy. and it has numerous flaws and disadvantages.

C, C++ and java have been meticulously designed by committees (inb4 design by committee memes) made up of some of the leading players in the software industry. they're in a whole other league.

If you have a problem in mind and are able to both think and read, you'll write up a script or program to solve it. It won't be great at first, but as you learn you'll adapt or rewrite as you go along. If Python performance doesn't suit the goal you've set, you go at it with other tools.

This is all there is to it.

>>56642067
It doesn't really matter. Python is much nicer for small shit.

>>56642499
>numerous flaws and disadvantages.
Implying Guido isn't God.

>>56642057
>improving performance is a waste of time
And people wonder why programming industry is falling apart.

>>56641746
Python's nice if you just want to do something without worrying about the implementation or efficiency.

>>56642891
Why aren't you writing in assembly then?