Isn’t python still the slowest mainstream language?

Etheryte 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Being slower than other mainstream languages isn't really a problem in and of itself if it's fast enough to get the job done. Looking at all the ML and LLM work that's done in Python, I would say it is fast enough to get things done.

	▲	NetMageSCW 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		As pointed out already, most of that uses C code or GPU code to do the work and not slow Python code.

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chungy 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No. Ruby exists.

	▲	dragonwriter 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ruby is now faster than Python, last I saw a comparison, though it used to be the other way around.