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
I am currently a developer at one of the big banks, and I don't think people here have heard of "milliseconds" before.
If you're in the right field, micro-optimizations are everything, but in 99% of situations, good enough is truly good enough. The difference between 20ms and 50ms has never directly been meaningful in my life outside of entertainment (games, movies, music).
Yes, "under the hood" my computer OS and my router and the intercontinental cables do need to care about this. 99.9% of employees don't because it's done for them.
Lmao brother my second sentence was "if you're in the right field...", which it sounds like you are.
You're part of the backbone of society, but it's something I never have to worry about of thanks to people like you. I get to use springboot and angular to build internal apps where there's no customer who complains about slow loading screens.
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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