Python always looks like “ALMOST) INSTANTLY” in carefully selected bookworm examples. But when you try to implement something useful in real world it became ugly after first 200 lines of code.

Last time, I assembled a Python object representing a Rigol oscilloscope. Manipulating the object communicates with the scope over the network. But my original goal was to build a little GUI window… ...

Python is a high-level language, so it’s not suitable for system-level programming—device drivers or OS kernels are out of the picture. It’s also not ideal for situations that call for cross ...