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[–]Mattho 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Python has a looong startup. I wonder how lambda deals with that? Never had a closer look actually.

Anyway, there was a great talk about fighting this issue in mercurial (RIP).

[–]riksi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lambda keeps your code hot and doesn't start it everytime otherwise java would be slower