xkahn·hace 5 años·discussThe design decisions of the Python language (arbitrary length integers for example) lead Python to just be SLOW. It's much slower than Perl.Don't believe me? Look at how numbers are stored: https://rushter.com/blog/python-integer-implementation/But it doesn't really matter. Computers increase in speed over time. Libraries allow speed sensitive sections to use more sane data types. As you pointed out, the Perl language's design decisions cause much worse problems -- hard to identify bugs.
Don't believe me? Look at how numbers are stored: https://rushter.com/blog/python-integer-implementation/
But it doesn't really matter. Computers increase in speed over time. Libraries allow speed sensitive sections to use more sane data types. As you pointed out, the Perl language's design decisions cause much worse problems -- hard to identify bugs.