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> Python is the tool I pick ... not for highly performant systems Many high-throughput, high-concurrency systems run on Python, famously including Instagram a
by rattray 5y ago
> Python is the tool I pick ... not for highly performant systems
Many high-throughput, high-concurrency systems run on Python, famously including Instagram and Pinterest (which see quite a lot of traffic).
- otterley 5y agoAre the performance-critical components of these sites written in Python? That’s the question.
- rattray 5y agoThe question at hand is concurrency, not single-threaded performance.
- otterley 5y agoYou said "high throughput" though. Your words, not mine :-)
- rattray 5y agoAh, I see the misconception - "high throughput" means a system processes a lot of stuff in a given span of time, not necessarily that each individual item is processed quickly. But many people use it like the latter.