It's a contrived scenario. I've used Python a ton and never needed to break out to C, certainly not for summing numbers. Granted, I use Python mostly for web de

It's a contrived scenario. I've used Python a ton and never needed to break out to C, certainly not for summing numbers. Granted, I use Python mostly for web development, but I do care about performance. In case of number crunching, I've heard numpy is very good and fast at number crunching using arrays, and the crunchy parts of numpy are written in C. All that said, why is a language "inherently broken" if it requires you to use another language for tight-loop performance such as this? Game and graphics developer writing in C break out to assembly for things like this -- is C also "inherently broken"?