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Python vs. C#: Understanding Personal Bias

Dharmesh Shah has what he calls a “boring” backgrounder on his firm’s internal debate re Python vs. C#, but I think the merits of this debate are summed up by this passage:

Lesson 3: If you’re a startup looking to be acquired someday, your best case scenario (when it comes to technical platform choice) is not to be able to convince the acquirer that you made a good language/platform choice. Your best case scenario is not to have the discussion in the first place. Also, it is unwise to assume that the acquirer has the same passion for technology that your startup does or the same willingness to “evolve” to your line of thinking.

I am a fan of languages and structures getting out of my (and the way of my associates) way so as to create the most useful tools for our clients. And have found that languages that have the shortest learning curve from what I know now to what I want to do are the ones that wlll be most productive.

“Delivery has nothing to do with the delivery business” - That Guy.

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One Response to “Python vs. C#: Understanding Personal Bias”

  1. 52 Bicycles » Blog Archive » My last thought on platform selection, really. Says:
    October 18th, 2006 at 9:48 pm

    […] My comment from Dharmesh’s Python post was this: I am a fan of languages and structures getting out of my (and the way of my associates) way so as to create the most useful tools for our clients. And have found that languages that have the shortest learning curve from what I know now to what I want to do are the ones that wlll be most productive. […]