I'd actually call it a feature, and not a bug or flaw, in Python. You can prototype something in Python (or another language with native hooks) very, very quic

I'd actually call it a feature, and not a bug or flaw, in Python. You can prototype something in Python (or another language with native hooks) very, very quickly. If that thing works, you can roll in ctypes or cython and get your code running as quickly as C. Thus, you get quick development + numerous paths to native-level performance. That's much better than taking longer to develop a library or model in C/C++, only to find they don't satisfy your needs.