To be honest for the intended purpose of tldr (a script that you run every once in a while), python is quite alright. Python is way more accessible than C.

But cli tools that are intended to be built upon by others with UIs and larger programs, they absolutely need to be built on a low level language so they can be faster and not drag down downstream projects’ potential.

I don’t remember where I heard it but I heard someone say that the average Chinese teenager who goes to school has a better political and material understanding of the world than the average American political science undergraduate student. I haven’t talked to Chinese teenagers but I have talked to American political “scientists” and I have no trouble believing that claim.

Why is Microsoft Word bad? Fuck you that’s why. Literally the worst piece of software I am forced to interface with on a daily basis