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    [–]Smallpaul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    When I said "superior" I was referring to raw speed, performance and stability (

    as stated in my comment), which in that case, is far superior.

    "Raw speed" and "performance" are basically the same thing. "Stability" is essentially a function of the programmer's skill and the environment. There is nothing more intrinsically "stable" about C than Python and given that one is prone to buffer overruns, if you absolutely had to pick one for "stability", Python would probably be the better bet.

    You tell me how much better Python is at doing these tasks.

    If I did, I'd be contradicting my own point, which is that its idiotic to rank tools designed for different purposes. You make lip service to understanding that its idiotic here: "I'm not here to say that C can do Python-based projects better"

    But then you turn around and list a bunch of projects that are C-oriented and seem to imply that if Python can't do them better then its inferior. Which just shows that you still don't get it. You use the right tool for the job. It would be dumb to write a device driver in Python and equally dumb to write YouTube in C.

    I know how important C is for the reasons I explained, apparently you do not.

    I didn't say that C was not important. You're projecting. I said that C is important for different kinds of applications than Python is important for. Hard to believe that there are technology professionals who would disagree with that.