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Re:Recent Performance Improvements in Function Calls in CPython by lacksconfidence on Thursday August 08, 2024 @07:09PM (#41197367)
> but only see articles like this as resume fodder.

Not super important, but i think it's worth calling out. Some of us program because it's fun. We dig into problems like this because it scratches an itch. We share in the hopes of interacting with like-minded individuals. Not everything is about resumes.

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Re:Recent Performance Improvements in Function Calls in CPython by sgarland on Thursday August 08, 2024 @09:23PM (#41198018)
Indeed. Some of us do it because we stubbornly want to see just how fast we can make a “slow” language go.
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Re:Recent Performance Improvements in Function Calls in CPython by mananaysiempre on Friday August 09, 2024 @01:28PM (#41203776)
Personally I tend to discount the possibility of such motivations for a text once that text is interrupted in the middle to sell me something (which a Substack form counts as).
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