What Rui Carmo thinks about Python
Portuguese engineer and blogger; writes Tao of Mac, a personal site with entries going back to 2003, on Apple hardware, Linux, home labs, programming and AI coding agents. His Bluesky profile lists him as a principal at Microsoft.
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Their wordsSome languages are inherently better for agents-not in terms of popularity (any agent can do decent Python), but because strong types and annotations help models understand intent and self-correct.
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