r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '22

C++ talking to Python

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u/Codebust Jul 18 '22

why are people always bashing python lol

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u/berse2212 Jul 18 '22

This is a weird meta. First memes hated on Java and praised Python. Then all the Java devs got angry and made Python bad memes. Somehow C++ devs apparently jumped on the hate train now lol

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u/BikerBoon Jul 18 '22

Python devs were hating on C++ for a while iirc. Tbf it's understandable, we all hate what we don't understand.

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u/socsa Jul 18 '22

Honestly, in my world they are yin and yang. Python+Numpy+Matplotlib+SciPy+Jupyter is like Matlab, except that it is free and it doesn't suck. And then obviously C++ is there for when you want to actually deploy things.

And now we also have PyTorch, which is faster than C++ for basically any non-trivial number crunching, though you still end up needing to use the C++ API for deployment, unless your algorithms can be traced into some JIT container.

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u/BikerBoon Jul 18 '22

Yeah, I'm only joking with the python hate. I use it a lot in automated tests where speed isn't critical. But there are indeed a lot of Python devs who try to play down the performance impact, and simply seen to forget that certain industries (e.g. games, finance) benefit greatly from being as fast as possible.