On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 7:02 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 23/02/2018 19:47, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 6:25 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > > >>> The difference between Python and another dynamic language might be a >>> magnitude, yet you say it doesn't matter. >>> >>> Thanks, that makes me feel much better about my own work! If a magnitude >>> difference in performance can be so casually dismissed. >> >> >> Yep! Your work is awesome, because your code is only a little bit >> slower than the same algorithm with the same bugs in a better-known >> language that's supported on more platforms and has a large team of >> people supporting it. >> >> Remind me what's actually advantageous about your language? > > > I don't know what point you're making here. Unless it's that no software is > worth writing unless it's done on a big scale with a huge team of people, > and is very well known. > > My own point should be clear: > > Python is 10 times slower than a competitor = doesn't matter > My language is 1.5 times slower than the big boys' = matters a great deal
Most performance is a tradeoff. Python has other advantages; what are yours? So far, all you've said is that you're "not too much worse". That's great for a toy language! ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
