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Dozens of instances of a C GUI can launch in the time it takes to launch a hello world python program.
by willis936 4y ago
Dozens of instances of a C GUI can launch in the time it takes to launch a hello world python program.
- lmm 4y agoBut who wants dozens of instances of a C GUI? I'd be the first to complain about latency where it maters, but launching a Python program is perceptually instant (and significantly lower-latency than many nominally "faster" languages, IME).
- geysersam 4y agoYes but what kind of comparison is that: 1. How often do you need to execute 1000 GUI instances? 2. How often do you need to print "hello world"? The right tool for the right job.
- willis936 4y agoThis is a discussion about computers being slow. As in a person asks a computer to do something and the human waits while the computer does it. So python isn't the right tool for any job that involves human interaction.
- geysersam 4y agoNah that's too general. A lot of website/app backends use Django or Fastapi and they work fine. Many more use PHP, also not a language famed for extreme performance. It depends on the application. Personally I wouldn't use Python for a GUI (because I'd use JS/TS).
- Nihilartikel 4y agoPython _is_ slow, but even back in 2006 on a pentium 4 I had no problem using it with PyGame to build a smooth 60fps rtype style shooter for a coding challenge. One just has to not do anything dumb in the render loop and it's plenty responsive. Of course, if you're going to interactively process a 50mb csv or something... But even then pandas is faster.
- Narishma 4y agoThat's because a Pentium 4 is way overkill for such a simple game.