You know what is the main problem with this sub? You little shits are uneducated and dumb, and yet for whatever reason you think you're experts. It shows on the most hilarious level when you little ignorant shits try to bullshit about the PL theory.
Get lost. Firstly, they're not people. They are pathetic code monkeys. There is absolutely no point in treating this lot like human beings, they are naturally incapable of understanding any rational arguments. Secondly, where did you see any insults? I provided some objective diagnosis. They objectively are uneducated brainless little shits. There is nothing you can do about this fact.
/u/combinatorylogic puts forward a far more convincing argument. He quite clearly explains his point on multiple occasions, albeit laced with hilarious copypasta worthy insults.
Most of everyone else seems to be latching on to his offensiveness to avoid actually addressing that they don't seem to be able to rebut the claim that "Python is a low level language".
/u/sharfpang and others; you guys, I think, certainly have failed to convey a good rebuttal that would convince anyone other than the apparent echo chamber. It's like somebody associated your beloved programming language with a perceived pejorative (low level) and you sperged out. It's surprising how many people seem to take this as some kind of insult in and of itself. Is there a language superiority movement in programming circles?
/u/oromier especially can't write a compelling counterpoint to save his life and the entirety of his side of the exchange can be summed up as "stfu no u".
On the other hand the fact you all 3 of you (and more) got this riled up over semantic definitions certainly speaks volumes for the sheer quantity of autism in /r/programming.
Honestly if you can't win a debate against someone who thinks python is a low level language you should reconsider your life choices. Also, didn't know it was combinatorylogic, he's an excellent troll.
The point where something is low, or high level language, in my opinion is about the halfway point between machine code and problem concept, as measured in steps from the problem domain.
/u/combinatorylogic apparently has zero clue about how many layers of abstraction and conceptual steps lie between the syntax of python and the machine language. His threshold for 'low level' is somewhere around 85th percentile.
iirc the basic requirement to be a low level language is that it can be translated to machine code without a compiler or interpreter. That's not especially flexible. But at the same time, there is clearly a spectrum of some kind, with something like C often considered "mid-level".
It's like if a retard starts screeching about the sky being red. How can you not only explain that it's blue, but do so in a way that can convince him?
It's such a nerd thing - they seem to think that specialized knowledge translates to general intelligence, so you get this confident assumption of superiority from people who can't formulate a sane argument to save their life.
But at the same time, of course Python is not a low level language.
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1 edc_svr_wxf_qaz 2018-06-28
This is a really good troll.
1 SlowFatHusky 2018-06-28
I'm not sure if he's a troll or a true academic.
1 PM_ME_UR_SUSPICIONS 2018-06-28
Delicious
1 Discuzting 2018-06-28
Scratch is the only low level language right now and you plebs dont even understand that
1 Stuntman119 2018-06-28
There's a small area between binary and machine code. That's where Scratch operates.
1 Rivea_ 2018-06-28
1 Rivea_ 2018-06-28
/u/combinatorylogic puts forward a far more convincing argument. He quite clearly explains his point on multiple occasions, albeit laced with hilarious copypasta worthy insults.
Most of everyone else seems to be latching on to his offensiveness to avoid actually addressing that they don't seem to be able to rebut the claim that "Python is a low level language".
/u/sharfpang and others; you guys, I think, certainly have failed to convey a good rebuttal that would convince anyone other than the apparent echo chamber. It's like somebody associated your beloved programming language with a perceived pejorative (low level) and you sperged out. It's surprising how many people seem to take this as some kind of insult in and of itself. Is there a language superiority movement in programming circles?
/u/oromier especially can't write a compelling counterpoint to save his life and the entirety of his side of the exchange can be summed up as "stfu no u".
On the other hand the fact you all 3 of you (and more) got this riled up over semantic definitions certainly speaks volumes for the sheer quantity of autism in /r/programming.
1 oromier 2018-06-28
Mostly on reddit on mobile while commuting, I can't bring myself to argue online with someone about this :(
So "no u" is the best I can do.. :(
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-06-28
Honestly if you can't win a debate against someone who thinks python is a low level language you should reconsider your life choices. Also, didn't know it was combinatorylogic, he's an excellent troll.
1 pepperouchau 2018-06-28
nerd
1 sharfpang 2018-06-28
The point where something is low, or high level language, in my opinion is about the halfway point between machine code and problem concept, as measured in steps from the problem domain.
/u/combinatorylogic apparently has zero clue about how many layers of abstraction and conceptual steps lie between the syntax of python and the machine language. His threshold for 'low level' is somewhere around 85th percentile.
1 0987654231 2018-06-28
Combinatorylogic is the resident /r/programming lolcow
1 kermit_was_right 2018-06-28
iirc the basic requirement to be a low level language is that it can be translated to machine code without a compiler or interpreter. That's not especially flexible. But at the same time, there is clearly a spectrum of some kind, with something like C often considered "mid-level".
1 GreatTelephone 2018-06-28
It's like if a retard starts screeching about the sky being red. How can you not only explain that it's blue, but do so in a way that can convince him?
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-06-28
But the sky is red.
At sunset. Depending on where you are.
1 GreatTelephone 2018-06-28
Thanks for proving my point.
1 kermit_was_right 2018-06-28
It's such a nerd thing - they seem to think that specialized knowledge translates to general intelligence, so you get this confident assumption of superiority from people who can't formulate a sane argument to save their life.
But at the same time, of course Python is not a low level language.
1 Stuntman119 2018-06-28
This is the best drama I've seen in a while, thank you OP.
1 shitposts_constantly 2018-06-28
As if any programmer gives a shit and the distinction between "low-level" and "high-level" isn't anything other than arbitrary and meaningless.
Shit, when I was in school C++ was considered a high-level language.
1 archdukef4gg0tlives 2018-06-28
that's good
1 Shitposting_Skeleton 2018-06-28
It's important because Python takes like 10x the time it takes to run a C program.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-06-28
I cringe when I hear cpython users talk about nodejs performance.
1 archdukef4gg0tlives 2018-06-28
python 🤮