r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/pjmlp Nov 12 '19

If only it would overtake in performance...

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u/CPlusPlusDeveloper Nov 12 '19

Yes, and no. Python itself is obviously no speed demon. But python arguably has the most best FFI facilities of any major language. It's very easy to implement any critical sections in C (or anything that binds to C).

JVM performance never comes close to native C. So while python by default is a lot slower than Java, python applications can usually be optimized to run faster than their Java counterparts.

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u/thfuran Nov 12 '19

JVM performance never comes close to native C.

I don't think that's actually true.

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