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Python is slow when you leave the comfort of the standard library and start doing a lot of the app logic in pure python. Often it is not a problem, but I can se
by bjoli 7y ago
Python is slow when you leave the comfort of the standard library and start doing a lot of the app logic in pure python. Often it is not a problem, but I can see how it could be a problem for a text editor where input latency might be a problem.
Vy will probably be just fine, but considering people think JS is slow, I doubt the idea that python is slow will die soon.
- rch 7y agoProjects like this can help though. If your performance benchmark is, say, computational fluid dynamics, then then pure Python isn't going to fare well since languages with less overhead will be able to more efficiently leverage the available hardware. However, a text editor / IDE has relatively fixed performance requirements based on users' perception, such that selective optimization is tractable. Once an application can satisfy human expectations without devouring system resources, additional gains are moot.