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[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've only ever heard this non-ironically from these types

[–] sus@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Hey, that's unfair! As long as you don't make silly beginner mistakes like using the standard library's string implementation, the standard library's regex implementation, the standard library's hash table implementation, or standard io, C++ is almost always faster than python!

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It crashes ten times faster 😅

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

Compiling does take its sweet time, tho