Comment Can we quit with the myth that Python is slow ? (Score 4, Funny) 103
Python programs that I wrote 15 years ago are still running in production.
The "Java rewrite" that my manager wanted to do never got done.
In fact, a lot of the production Java code that existed back then couldn't be maintained and got reimplemented in Python.
Since the new servers are ~20 times faster, speed never really mattered anyway.
Python is full of "free" optimizations that most newbys are not even aware of.
When you learn to do things that "Pythonic" way, it really does put the clunky Java hack-jobs to shame.
Here another take on it:
https://www.pythonforengineers...