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I think this is the best explanation for its popularity. Sure, it runs slow, but it's very fast to write. The latter is usually more important in the world of b
by z3c0 4y ago
I think this is the best explanation for its popularity. Sure, it runs slow, but it's very fast to write. The latter is usually more important in the world of business, for better or worse.
- jonnycomputer 4y agoThe majority of code I write, the efficiency of the code is mostly a secondary concern; it will be run only a few times at most, and the fact that its a a few 1000 times slower than something written in C or C++ means waiting a few more seconds (at most) for my results. Most of my time spent is writing it, not running it.
- toyg 4y agoNot just in the world of business - a lot of developers play with these things in their spare time before promoting them to production tech; if it takes ages to write a silly mp3 player or some other hobby project, they'll use something else instead.