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Re:Komanda: IRC Client For Developers by Nagyman on Sunday August 24, 2014 @01:17AM (#8217776)
Perhaps not, but he didn't say that. There is more than just language at play in this scenario. Will a native widget, initiated by Python, out perform JS/CSS/Node-Webkit ... maybe.

The OP saying the app will run faster is not refuted even if NodeJS runs some things faster than Python.

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Re:Komanda: IRC Client For Developers by shadowmint on Sunday August 24, 2014 @01:25AM (#8217793)
I'll refute it. Python is slow as balls.

I use it daily and at my job, and it's flat out slower than node for desktop applications.

(caveat; the pypy isn't as bad, but it has a terrible start up time and no widget libraries worth talking about)

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