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Re:How Many Lines of C It Takes to Execute a and B in Python? by kazinator on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:00PM (#38606093)
Nobody's goal is to serve data to customers quickly and efficiently either. It's more like, get this startup acquired and buy a ranch in New Zealand.
Re:How Many Lines of C It Takes to Execute a and B in Python? by SilasX on Thursday December 14, 2023 @12:46AM (#38638226)
Haha you might like this old comment I made where I gradually go up the abstraction ladder about what you "really care" about (in the unlikely event you see this comment):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9777816

Root of the subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9775799