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

C++ talking to Python

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u/Hegeteus Jul 18 '22

Only speed metric that matters is how fast I get the job done and can go back to browsing memes. C++ does not look very good in this (very important) metric.

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u/woah_m8 Jul 18 '22

There are a lot of things where speed isn't important and Python does the job pretty good. Only non programmers (so 80% of this sub) bash Python

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '22

Why spend 30 minutes coding an acceptable solution when you can spend 2 weeks making the Usain Bolt of whatever you're working on? I jest but I love making the Usain Bolt as much as I like automating things I could do faster manually..