Comment Re:Perl always draws you back... (Score 3, Interesting) 82
We generally have 3 kinds of people writing things where scripts make sense: Backend Developers, Sys Admins, and Devops Engineers. All three have their reasons for doing it, but generally it's FOR the Sys Admins to be able to use and edit as needed. This generally means it needs to be in "their" languages, Python, Shell, or JavaScript. We've found restricting everyone to Python works because EVERYONE can write in Python and restrict them to PyPy compatible Python.
With this, every thing runs faster than Perl and in some cases runs faster that basic C/C++ without trying too hard. If for some reason we want to GO FAST, we just run it through Shedskin and it will generally be as fast as it gets.
With this, every thing runs faster than Perl and in some cases runs faster that basic C/C++ without trying too hard. If for some reason we want to GO FAST, we just run it through Shedskin and it will generally be as fast as it gets.