> the reason python beat out ruby was almost entirely due to ruby being really really slow
Relative to Python, that language which notoriously makes C look like a sloth on training wheels...
Relative to Python, that language which notoriously makes C look like a sloth on training wheels...
In the vast majority of my use cases, I'll take the half second load hit in exchange for that (if it's even that long).
I fully admit that the cult of performance is silly - and anyway, it can sometimes be easier to write performant code in a slightly more high-level language that you're extremely adept at writing. For instance, I'd wager most people could write a more performant web server in Go than they could in C, even if they could write a web server in C.