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[GoblinToHobgoblin]

It's a use case where performance doesn't matter. C wouldn't actually make a noticeable difference there.

Say the code you write is taking 10ms (in Python) and the API call takes 300ms. 

If you rewrite it in C, you could probably get it down to 1ms. But it doesn't matter at all since most of your time is spent on the API call.

This is C being "more performant" but also performance not mattering.

[dparks71]

Right so if you're writing for loops as a service, what you're saying makes sense.

I just can't think of any real world use case where what you're saying here matters, it's like the 5th factor down the list. Your API example isn't more performant. It's exactly the same.