• @Reptorian@programming.dev
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    16 days ago

    This. I rarely boot up Python for the tasks I need to do, and if they are, they are one of the following:

    • Assistant code for other coding language
    • Throwaway script
    • Prototype before using a faster language
    • Assuming an equivalent package is produced, what’s the maintenance cost (factoring in coder availability) difference between the Python vs faster language implementations?

      ^^ therein lies the rub

      Reminds of the expression, premature optimization is the root of all evil

      if not swimming in funding, might be a darwinic move to choose the faster language and have to code everything yourself from scratch