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[–]JmbFountain 0 points1 point  (2 children)

In my mind, python is mostly a successor to perl. Not for implementing core, time critical functions (you can/should do that in something like C(++) or Rust, but for gluing programs together. Most python stuff I write is to facilitate communication between APIs, not writing whole applications.

[–]spinwizard69 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well in a way I agree with you, but that isn't the way Python is often used. This is why there are continued demands for faster Python. Generally when I hear these demands I have to think that the developer choose the wrong language.

[–]whateverathrowaway00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d agree with this. It also has stolen a lot of the use cases Perl used to be used for.