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"There is still lots of C++ code being developed, so clearly not everyone has decided that Python is superior and moved everything across. But if C++ was clearly better, why has Python appeared and taken off?" Granted, this particular case is much more due to one being much better suited to some types of tasks and the other being much better suited to other types of tasks than to lack of consensus.
– reirab
Commented Sep 27, 2021 at 12:33
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@reirab: This particular case is based on misapplication of the Law of the Excluded Middle (or alternatively, a bad assumption that there is a strict ordering). The evidence presented against the comparison in both directions is correct, and the correct conclusion is that the ordering is not strict.
– Ben Voigt
Commented Sep 27, 2021 at 15:40

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