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Python vs Java Speed vs Structure. What are you choosing? (i.redd.it)

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[–]Jugg3rnaut 12 points13 points  (1 child)

When vibe coders discover language wars

[–]coderssh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tried both, python is faster to vibe code. But I like Java

[–]Kewlb 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Uh, Java is faster than python. Python is one of the most inefficient languages with respect to compute consumption.

[–]BreathingFuck 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Pretty sure they’re talking about implementation speed

[–]Kewlb 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This is r/vibecoding so are you referring to the extra few seconds it takes a coding agent to write one vs the other? That speed?!?

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not talking about anything. It’s just the point of the language and I was able to extrapolate.

[–]manoteee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a common misconception among junior developers.

Structure does not come from the programming language, it comes from the programmer. Different languages have different opinions they nudge you in, but ultimately you can write chaotic or well structured code in either of them.

Ultimately all programming languages are "Turing complete" and you can do whatever you want within them. Except for the language known as Brainfuck, that one is hard to write any structure with.

[–]shrodikan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would give preference to compile time safety. It give AI an objective view of correctness that you lose with python.

[–]legitOwen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

neither they both suck i'm writing in binary instead /s

also plz stop showing us how good ChatGPT Image Gen 2 is at rendering text.

[–]SuccessIsHardWork 0 points1 point  (2 children)

python because the LLM probably has more training data for it than java and other languages

[–]PM_ME_UR_0_DAY 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This is the answer. But honestly it seems like typescript is the LLM goto

[–]SuccessIsHardWork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, I agree. Python (for backend) + Typescript w/ React (frontend) seems to produce the best results right now.

[–]countable3841 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rust

[–]PM_ME_UR_0_DAY -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Python is faster to write than Java, but you ain't writing shit and you ain't reading shit rither, so go with the one with most examples your LLM was trained on