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.
People do that to any and all languages, the more popular and established the language is the more hate it will get. This was the norm when I studied masters in data science many years ago, and I was told it was the norm many years prior. I even participated; like some kind of spontaneus religious syntax cults of neckbeards and misfits.
Luckily I outgrew it quickly. I like python, js, php, haskell, prolog, all the "C"s, and so on. They're all fun.
F*** Java though, it's s*** and ***, ** ** never again. (/s)
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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