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A lot of effort is dedicated to trying to improve the speed because python is so widely used that improving performance could have a massive beneficial impact.
by RayVR 4y ago
A lot of effort is dedicated to trying to improve the speed because python is so widely used that improving performance could have a massive beneficial impact.
Migrating to a new language is not easy when you have millions of lines of code.
- netbioserror 4y agoI didn't say that anyone should switch (see my preface), and I perfectly well understand this point. Having to retread this point over and over just serves to make our comments long and redundant and full of qualifiers, but I guess here we are again.
- RayVR 4y agoYou said you don’t want to “crap on python” which I never said you were. I’m simply pointing out that what you’re “shocked by” makes complete sense if you look at what can be gained by people “bikeshed and optimize and compile python”
- dgb23 4y agoBut is this still really python? This compiler and others are not a drop in replacement. They typically cover a narrow subset and/or need additional code/hints etc. You can adopt it incrementally, but then you could just as well switch to a language with higher default performance, more language features that just work, unified tooling etc. and adopt that incrementally?