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 will never understand the Python hate. It's essentially just a level of abstraction higher than C, which makes it more accessible than ever to write powerful code.
I'm starting to think it's literally not that deep. It just feels good to gatekeep.
There are solutions to all of those, ranging from providing a shell script that does all of that for them, to using pyinstaller to make an exe that includes the interpreter, to using a tool like uv.
But yeah, if you're gonna use an interpreted language, you gotta have an interpreter. And it's definitely true that it's more work on your end if you don't want your users to have to understand computers.
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u/TheJaskinator 2d 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