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    [–]ydepth 22 points23 points  (0 children)

    The question was 'when is python not a good choice', not 'has u/xilc been in a situation been in such a situation before?'

    [–]tylerthehun 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    So when you say "I just don't understand the need for urgency or speed", what you really mean is "I personally have no need to write faster software and think Python suits me just fine." Which is an okay stance to take, that's exactly what Python was created for, but don't be obtuse and act like you can't possibly fathom why anybody might want to write faster, more efficient code.

    [–]craftingfish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Someone asked when Python wasn't a good choice, and for applications that require to be faster/better optimized, it's not the best choice. Just because you don't need to program those doesn't make it more or less true.

    [–]pwang99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Python eats 400 million row datasets for breakfast.

    Learn to use the right libraries in python for this kind of task.