We all know that you (Javin Paul) want to promote your blogspot blog and get some good traffic from Hacker News.
Your article is totally shallow and shows no research what so ever, supported by an equally distracting infographics from 'Perception Systems'. Did a carbon dating test on the infographics and it turned out to be more than 3 years old.
You didn't even cared to mention the versions on which the test is done .... is it Python 1,2,3 or java 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
Python is slower than Java... on which platform and for what type of codes.
These drugs gives your momentarily high with changes in chemical and hormonal level and you feel good, but when this goes on for a long time, you body gets accustomed to that level of chemical increase and you get addicted.
Stay away from drugs and drug users. These things look fabulous in movies but never works in real life.