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by pjmlp 124 days ago
https://juliahub.com/case-studies

Most "Python" applications are actually bindings to C, C++ and Fortran code doing the real work.

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And it ... works?

Use C, C++ or Fortran for the heavy lifting, and Python for UI/business logic/non-high perf stuff for rapid app development.

> And it ... works?

It gets the job done, but the existence of Cython, Numba, Pythran, PyPy and many, many, others are indication that this isn't a global optimum.