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by vadfa 1662 days ago
Why would you want such a fast language to be replaced by what is the slowest of the mainstream languages?
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tyingq 1662 days ago
Javascript was not fast until Google and others poured money into it because it was the only choice for the browser. Presumably Python would have had the same experience.
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KptMarchewa 1661 days ago
It would be at least as fast if it wasn't burdened with decades of legacy API compatibility.
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