On: Attempts to make Python fast

[acomjean]

I tend to use Python for batch jobs and things where its speed isn't that important to me. Am I alone in this?

When I reach for python its not for speed. Its because its fairly easy to write and has some good libraries.

Either its done in a few seconds, or I can wait a few hours as it runs as a background slurm task..

I feel like there is a group that wants python to be the ideal language for all things, maybe because I'm not in love with the syntax, but I'm ok having multiple languages.

[nemothekid → acomjean]

Many people don't start with Python for speed. They are exactly like you - they write a script that is done in few seconds. Then the data scales, then it takes a few minutes. Then you need it to be faster, and now you either need to rewrite the script. It would be helpful if you didn't need to make this choice.