Subj : Re: Which one?
To : Nightfox
From : Dr. What
Date : Wed Nov 13 2019 05:55 pm
-=> Nightfox wrote to Grease <=-
Ni> I think python is a decent language for getting something done
Ni> relatively easy.. It's an interpreted language rather than compiled
Ni> (meaning you don't need to compile it, but if you really need a lot of
Ni> speed for something, you're better off with a compiled language).
It depends on where you need the speed. For microcontrollers they now have
Circuit/MicroPython for with many of them. Microcontrollers have historically
been an area that needs speed.
As computers got faster and cheaper, program execution speed has gotten less
important for many kinds of apps.
Now I'm not saying that execution speed isn't important at all. But if you are
working for a company, there are other costs - like time to create and maintain
the software - that overshadows the costs of slower execution.
