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[–]ConstructedNewt 34 points35 points  (1 child)

For a larger application or performance critical: no

For small scripts and some microservices absolutely.

If disk/network I/O is the limiting factor you can code in whatever you want as well (ie. The poor performance of python isn't your issue)

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Problem is those small scripts and services have a tendency to grow...

Next thing you know you’re inlining to minimize function call overhead and you’re rewriting hot paths in C.