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by nicholassmith 4860 days ago
The crux of the argument seems to come down to trading on optimised development time versus optimised execution time. C with the right set of APIs could nail both of those, which is no slight to Python. Look at BIND, they've gone mixed C++/Python because they know you use the right language when you need it, and don't get religious.