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Ask HN: Why can we compare Python to Go, but we can't compare apples to oranges?

3 points by chirau 21 days ago · 3 comments · 1 min read


Honestly, I have never understood the whole 'apples to oranges' thing.

mac3n 21 days ago

http://knuthlab.org/courses/2025/AdvancedPhysicsLab/resource...

theandrewbailey 21 days ago

It's an idiom. Of course, you can legitimately compare apples to oranges. I, for one, love apples but hate oranges, and I might be able to articulate why if I set myself to it.

  • sargstuff 21 days ago

    Python/Go are mono-object structured.

    Apples/Oranges are multi-object structured (single utf glyphs not withstanding)

    ?? Different base monoids, nurture [ego] / nature. But still depends on what hungry for. ??

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