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Are Function Calls Still Slow in Python? An Analysis of Recent Optimizations in CPython
(blog.codingconfessions.com)
Just code in C
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2024
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Just code in assembly
Just punch the cards
Just wire up your own gates. It's not that hard.
Just ritualistically wave a magnet near the computer
Yes.
Don’t write code, why do you need a computer to do your math? Just do it on paper ffs.
Paper‽ What too good for a clay tablet?
The downvotes are hilarious. Being able to drop down to C is one of python's selling points, and the title of the post includes the name of the python ref implementation __C__Python.
There is a difference being able to drop down in C and using exclusively C.
One of the main advantage of python is being to quickly write code, and using C-based library / part of code written in C (or fortran, or rust for what it matters) when needed.
"just write C" may lack a bit of nuance.
Exactly.
I don't really care, people will downvote for any number of reasons, and I know I was right, so it doesn't bug me
How about no.
I thought function calls was one of the decently optimized things in Python