Haha, ok... Specifically what experiments have shown that people can write in C faster than python? You even admit yourself that it "generally" takes longer. I

Haha, ok... Specifically what experiments have shown that people can write in C faster than python? You even admit yourself that it "generally" takes longer. I think it just plain takes longer. Of course that's anecdotal, but if you've got something non-anecdotal, I'd love to see it. And since you've been so steeped in systems programming, would you not agree that the performance gap is shrinking? I think that's hard to argue against. And who said anything about abandonment? There's a place for C, but there are fewer than there used to be. But hey man, sorry if I offended you, maybe you're having a bad day.