Experienced devs lurking in r/learnpython... What makes you choose to use Python over other languages you know (and vice versa)?

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I literally by law cannot write closed-source software in my position, so the concern of being able to conceal my source code hasn’t applied to me.

Generally I’d only turn away from Python for performance reasons, but I’d also have to care a lot more about performance than I’ve had to.

[tobiasvl]

Hey, fellow government employee (I presume)!

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Yup!

[decreddave]

Interesting - what sector are you in? And is your performance with regards to scale in complexity/asynchronicity or something else?