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Re:Python Is Eating the World by chrisseaton on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:59AM (#20673701)
It wouldn't have been years of work if they started right after Python was first implemented instead of a big-bang now. For 25 years each time they've implemented a new feature they've chosen C over Python to do it, for reasons of it being better suited, some of which you've listed yourself! Like simple C-interop!

I don't think it's a criticism of Python! I've worked on meta-circular implementations of languages and I don't do it for the sake of it. Not every language is suited for every task.

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Re:Python Is Eating the World by joshuamorton on Monday August 12, 2019 @10:54AM (#20675937)
Right, but all of those are historical, not innate, which makes your comment wildly misleading.

If the Python ecosystem weren't c-based, it wouldn't matter. But it is. But that has nothing to do with python the language in a vacuum, and everything to do with choices some guy made 25 years ago.

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