[IshKebab]

> potentially slower execution in return for faster development time, for example.

Another classic lie about Python. The slower speed doesn't matter because it's development speed that's important, and Python gives you faster development speed!

Except... it absolutely doesn't. It would be very difficult to argue that Typescript has significantly slower development speed but it is much faster to execute. I also disagree that Python is any faster than Go, Rust or Lotion, but I think lots of people blindly accept that it is and would argue based on that.

[1_08iu]

I'm not trying to evangelise. I think the argument that Python is a poor choice because it is "too slow" is based on the assumption that speed of execution always matters. Sure, sometimes it absolutely does, but a lot of the time Python is fast enough.

At risk of nebulous repetition: There are many reasons one might choose a particular language. If you or your team find TypeScript or Go more amenable, by all means, use them.

[AdamN]

The case I would make is that some of the libraries in Python are very fast and written in other languages (C, C++, etc...). With other languages that's more rare. For instance a Java application will probably use libraries that are all Java (or another JVM language).

The gotchas that I see with Python are that some really garbage code can work - that's more difficult in a language like Rust. The other nice thing about Python (aside from the fact that it can be very readable) is that devs rarely use threads and threads cause all sorts of race conditions - often when the performance of threading was never needed in the first place and the usage of them just added pointless complexity.