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Re:Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood by the_real_bto on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @05:19PM (#8626748)
Different tools for different jobs. Being able to develop code quickly is a huge win that Python delivers. Sometimes that makes Python the right tool, e.g. Youtube. Other times slow execution speed makes it the wrong choice.

[0] http://www.gooli.org/blog/youtube-runs-on-python/

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Re:Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood by pnathan on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @06:29PM (#8627087)
other tools also deliver code quickly. that's an evasion of the criticism.
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