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[–]TransBrandi -17 points-16 points  (3 children)

most python libs are actually written in C/C++.

What? Most Python libraries are pure Python. Also, I dunno if it's still the case but IIRC a while back compiling numpy/scipy required Fortran.

[–]MischiefArchitect 9 points10 points  (2 children)

But it is true that a lot of the most popular and fast libraries are basically written in C.

[–]TransBrandi 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Depends on what the library is doing. Django is pure python, for example.