2014-09-16 14:59 GMT+02:00 kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com>: > I don't know maybe you are correct I have not coded for embeded platforms > so I dont offer opinion about things I dont know. But I do know is that > once the creator of python himself claimed that if you use python for > performance then you are using the wrong language. But hey what does he > know , he only created python . People having proving him so wrong for > years now with many libraries targeting top performance. What makes those > people special is what makes all innovators special, their unwillingness to > compromise, to accept defeat and stop asking "What if?". >
There is a body of work on making Python fast, because Python is so cool that people keep using it against all odds :) I'm working on making R fast, for the same reason: non programmers using it to do big data. Think of using Python + numPy on a 100 000 CPUs supercomputer :) Fun ! Well, of course, you have scores of project trying to show that writing the same code in C++ (with the right DSL or framework) would be a hell of a lot faster and safer because of static types. Safer because non programmers wouldn't be writing code anymore, yes! > So I am sorry I cant digest with "you are not supposed to have fun > with...." I am sure you are correct and you speak from experience but I > "just dont have the stomach to digest it" as we say here in Greece > Sorry, but this is real. Tales of the industry... It's hard to stomach when you talk Research directions with those guys :( > > PS: What is RT ? > Real-Time. Thierry
