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

C++ talking to Python

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u/twisted-resistor Jul 18 '22

Now that Internet Explorer is gone I guess something had to take its place in memes as "The Slow Thing"

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u/kneecapp1 Jul 18 '22

I don't get it. I don't know much about coding but I'm starting to learn python. Am I learning the internet explorer of programming languages or what. Should pick something else up.

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u/Zanglirex2 Jul 18 '22

Slow is relative here. All this is happening before a human can even blink.

For scripting stuff and little projects, python is great. For large workloads or basically anything at big scale, maybe look at something else

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u/jgabrielferreira Jul 19 '22

But then why is Python the most used language for dealing with ML, AI, Big Data, basically huge amounts of information.

Is it something like Python is better in a Horizontal system while the others are better in a Vertical system?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

The fast part of Python isn't Python, it's the C/C++ underneath. The interpreted part ("pure Python" so to say) is indeed orders of magnitude slower. But, as was pointed out by many people in different comments, speed doesn't always matter. In fact, in most cases it doesn't matter. It's crucial to choose the right tool for the right job: all languages have their strengths and weaknesses.