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Re:HRT's Python Fork: Leveraging PEP 690 for Faster Imports by instig007 on Friday August 08, 2025 @03:34PM (#44840795)
> Sometimes it will be worth it to have the non-programmer write it in Python and then do Herculean things in the background to make it fast enough.

Nim exists, Crystal exists

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Re:HRT's Python Fork: Leveraging PEP 690 for Faster Imports by dmoy on Friday August 08, 2025 @03:36PM (#44840824)
It would not surprise me if some shops end up using less common languages to fill a niche (or hell, invent their own DSL).

But it also wouldn't surprise me if a lot of shops land on python because that's what their hiring pool knows.

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Re:HRT's Python Fork: Leveraging PEP 690 for Faster Imports by skeledrew on Friday August 08, 2025 @09:02PM (#44843205)
With insignificant ecosystems, compared to Python.
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