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Python and CPython are the same thing for the majority of Python developers, just like the Oracle JVM is a synonym of Java. Yes, there are other exotic runtime
by blub 9y ago
Python and CPython are the same thing for the majority of Python developers, just like the Oracle JVM is a synonym of Java.
Yes, there are other exotic runtimes, but only one official one and that's what people will use.
- theli0nheart 9y agoI get that, and I agree, but my point was that if you're writing Python and finding that your code is too slow, it's far easier to just drop in a faster runtime than it is to rewrite your entire existing codebase in a new language.
- MR4D 9y agoNot if you deploy your code to environments you don’t fully control.
- theli0nheart 9y agoWell, then you're out of luck. :)