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Re:Pg8000 – Pure-Python PostgreSQL driver by jka on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:46PM (#27147224)
Personal opinion, not really inherited from any authoritative wisdom: pure Python is useful because it:

- Simplifies and improves the performance of deployment: it becomes a straightforward case of copying code files

- Largely achieves the same stated goal of Java: write once, run anywhere

- Allows for easy code inspection and debugging in production (it's debatable whether that's a good thing; I think it is, overall)

Re:Pg8000 – Pure-Python PostgreSQL driver by grandinj on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:38AM (#27151774)
Agreed. It also unlocks another level of optimisation - the human one - I'm much better at reasoning my way through code improvements when I don't have to manage dealing with switching language/runtime models in the middle of the code :-)
Re:Pg8000 – Pure-Python PostgreSQL driver by GateCrasher on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:46AM (#27152180)
It is also easy to add to an executable with pyinstaller