daniel:// stenberg://The Python Software Foundation shows more spine than every single tech giant in just one single decision.
> Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core to the PSF’s values
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html
Rasmus Lindegaard@bagder while, after using Python for 3 years I find it to be a mess of a language, it's nice to see the foundation has a spine, that is really awesome.
Kevin Karhan 
Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤@sloanlance @rasmus91 @bagder @ThePSF nodds in agreement
What I do have to applaud #Python beyond this clear sign of #integrity since their languague is basically the "modern #BASIC" and it gets things done quickly without headaches and clusterfucks.
- I.e. wanting to do pull - #backups from a remite server via SSH by opening a connection, stopping services, doing a transfer, restarting services, closing the connection and then deduplicate & compress files.
Which is a pain in the ass in #bash…
@rasmus91 @sloanlance @bagder @ThePSF and sometimes a reliable tool that gets most things done easily is oftentimes better than the perfect tool that requires decades of mastering.
And #Python does just that…
@kkarhan @rasmus91 @bagder @ThePSF
I like the comparison of #Python with #BASIC. There are no similarities in terms of flexibility, but they are each the beginners' programming language of their time.
I remember learning BASIC when I was 11 years old, reading the manual of my father's brand new #Commodore VIC-20. I've been programming ever since then.
@sloanlance @rasmus91 @bagder @ThePSF OFC the comparison is oversimplified, but when you look at it from the surface, the #RaspberryPi #Pi400 is basically the modern interpretation of the concepts we saw with #ZXspectrum, #VIC20 and other #8bit systems.
- Just with modern specs and interfaces...
And #Python makes it easy to "make stuff go brrr!" and the @RaspberryPi / @raspberry_pi / #RaspberryPiFoundation and their excellent guide which is free to download as PDF and included in the #Kits for Pi400 & #Pi500 makes it easy to do things and overcome any problems along the way, reducing frustration and increasing happyness for beginners with easy to follow step-by-step guides.
- And #Python is at the hard of that!
