Is python actually General purpose ?

Question

They say python is a general purpose language but actually I don't think it is . You need libraries for almost everything you want to build .And these libraries are built in other languages . Doesn't that mean it's not really a general purpose language ?

Answer 1

Richard
That is how general purpose programming languages works.

For example, php is not general purpose. It is just for Web development. So you doesn't need to import anything for Web development.

You want python to import everything at startup and load your memory with those functions which you are not even going to use ?? This is too much inefficient. Even a noob programmer will not make a interpreter like that

Answer 2

It's general purpose because it can be used for many different applications and domains. The use of many libraries doesn't mean Pyhthon itself is not general purpose. The implementation language of libraries is immaterial. Even C/C++/Java can use libraries to achieve high level functionality.

Answer 3

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_programming_language

Answer 4

There is nothing like general purpose. Python is uses almost everywhere. Libraries makes your work easier just simple as that.

Answer 5

If it was a general purpose language, then maybe it can now be used in operating system or kernel development.

Answer 6

Ipang I'd argue that general-purpose doesn't mean all-purpose.

Answer 7

Simon Saulter,
It's okay cause open ended topics almost always have some things to argue about.

Answer 8

"a general-purpose programming language is a programming language dedicated to a general-purpose" Wikipedia
Very illuminating. ;)

Answer 9

Language can interact with system and system software then we can say that it can be called operable system element of heterogeneous environment. It has interface with system software then it can be called general-purpose software and it needs network and interoperability. It has syntax and has parser then it is one of the kind of language of computer programming.

Answer 10

Helpful language for several tasks, described as the general-purpose programming language.
True.
Brilliant work.
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