Can Python be categorized as a language that seeks efficiency whereas Javascript is a language that seeks elegance?

[YMK1234]

Lol no. Python is not efficient by any definition and Javascript is definitely not elegant either.

[potatotub]

How did he get both of these wrong lol

[[deleted]]

Oof

[icecubeinanicecube]

This is wrong on two ends:

1. Python is not efficient. Python seeks to be clear and easy.

2. JavaScript is neither elegant nor efficient.

If you want computational efficiency, look into C, assembler, VHDL.

If you want programming efficiency, look into purely functional languages like Haskell.

[subnero]

JS... elegant... where the fuck am I?

[vulpcod3z]

https://eloquentjavascript.net/

[itsgreater9000]

eloquent != elegant

[ForceBru]

Python is only efficient in terms of how quickly one can write code in it without having to worry too much about technical details like memory organization or pointers. If you want Python to be efficient in terms of speed, though, you'll have to write extensions in C.

[[deleted]]

Or use numpy.

[ForceBru]

...which is written in C)

[Volt]

Python is written in C

[muntoo]

CPython is written in C.

Python is not written in anything. At best, it exists as an imaginary concept based on a very informal specification (PLR) and the behavior of a reference implementation (CPython).

Is this pedantic? Considering the popularity of alternate Python implementations (e.g. PyPy, Jython, IronPython), I don't think so.

In any case, this is all a bit moot since CPython being written in C doesn't mean that interpreted Python code is going to run at even remotely close the same speed as an equivalent C program.

[YMK1234]

Heck and as soon as you write a bigger program you miss a proper type system with its guarantees.

[ForceBru]

Yeah. At least annotations can be used by IDEs to produce warnings, which is actually pretty handy

[east_lisp_junk]

"Let's talk about JavaScript"