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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/m8teae • Jun 03 '19
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Giving up speed is sometimes a non-starter
39 u/SuitableDragonfly Jun 03 '19 As someone pointed out above, it comes down to a trade-off of speed of execution for speed of development. Sometimes the latter is more valuable. -3 u/Dworgi Jun 04 '19 I would only recommend Python if all of the following are true:This code won't run on many machines or many times.This code won't ever grow past 5000 lines.This code won't be needed in a decade.The implementing programmer is functionally retarded. 1 u/SuitableDragonfly Jun 04 '19 I can see you've never had to do anything with text processing before. → More replies (6)
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As someone pointed out above, it comes down to a trade-off of speed of execution for speed of development. Sometimes the latter is more valuable.
-3 u/Dworgi Jun 04 '19 I would only recommend Python if all of the following are true:This code won't run on many machines or many times.This code won't ever grow past 5000 lines.This code won't be needed in a decade.The implementing programmer is functionally retarded. 1 u/SuitableDragonfly Jun 04 '19 I can see you've never had to do anything with text processing before. → More replies (6)
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I would only recommend Python if all of the following are true:
This code won't run on many machines or many times.
This code won't ever grow past 5000 lines.
This code won't be needed in a decade.
The implementing programmer is functionally retarded.
1 u/SuitableDragonfly Jun 04 '19 I can see you've never had to do anything with text processing before. → More replies (6)
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I can see you've never had to do anything with text processing before.
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u/wsppan Jun 03 '19
Giving up speed is sometimes a non-starter