XPost: alt.folklore.computers
From: tnp@invalid.invalid

On 14/12/2025 04:27, c186282 wrote:
> NOT sure why so many people want to trash Python.

The problem is, if Python doesn't have the library, you are fucked.
Example. I want my PICO W sensors to have names that show up on a DHCP
server as something sensible.
Using the C SDK this is easy.

static void set_hostname(char * hostname)
	{
	struct netif *n;
	// set hostname
	cyw43_arch_lwip_begin();
	n = &cyw43_state.netif[CYW43_ITF_STA];
	netif_set_hostname(n, hostname);
	netif_set_up(n);
	cyw43_arch_lwip_end();
	// end set hostname	
	}
It's simply  not possible in Python AFAIK

In other contexts, I can do everything I need without having to learn
Python which is fine by me, It's bad enough switching between C,
JavaScript and PHP...

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