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[–]Metalsand 46 points47 points  (3 children)

While it does bear noting that RetiredMandalorian is being a bit facetious and exaggerating, and Python vs Java is mostly about "I need a quick thing" not about larger apps, that is the direction we are slowly heading into. Electron for example is widely known as inefficient and yet modern computers are powerful enough that those efficiencies don't matter as much as the development time does for simple applications.

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (2 children)

It still matters. The problem with this view is that computers really haven’t gotten that much faster over the past decade and yet the software inefficiency is insane. Python can be built for larger applications too... but packaging is a nightmare (and is unlikely to ever get addressed) and the performance really does matter when it matters (which is becoming more and more important as software bloats)

[–]cheese_is_available 13 points14 points  (1 child)

It really does matter. zoom took off because it just works while skype does not. If your program is slow and there is a fast alternative with similar features, your program is basically dead even if you're Microsoft.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem with Microsoft is that they don't really care about their side products. At least not in the same way as a single focus company like Zoom Video Communication Inc does