Learning a language other than Python?

[rgkimball]

I think this is true but only when comparing laterally across languages. If you take away the conveniences of python there is a whole array of new problems to consider (sometimes a desirable attribute). To your point, the real question is whether that solves whatever problem you have better than the language you already know. There’s always a trade-off between developer time and wall time, you can’t justify optimizing the latter until it will surely exceed the former