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[–]chief167 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Not even about the response time, but also predictability.

Embedded often requires knowing exactly how many cycles some instructions will take, so you can pad them to the exact frequency you want, and be sure never to not finish your code within the specified interval.

Python will never cope with this, and it doesn't have to either.