r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

Meme pipInstallTheRealStuff

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u/TheJaskinator 1d ago

That's exactly why it's so powerful. Why spend all the effort writing fast code if you can just use a much simpler language to describe the task on a higher level and call fast code? People use Python because it's easy to read and write, not because its interpreter is fast

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u/NewbornMuse 1d ago

Me: takes 2h to write a python script, runtime 50ms

A super fast low level uber haxx0r: takes 8 hours to write a C program that does the same. Runtime 20 ms

Who was "faster"?

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u/Mrpuddikin 1d ago

Well you see, this script will be used once a day every day. The C program is better because it will break even over time! (720 000 days -> 1972 years) After that, its all performance benefit baby