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> Get Rust performance without having to learn Rust

I do that by using the Python C-API, no rust, no fuss...

Thinking about it, I haven't tried to see how well the robots do with wrapping C libraries -- though I usually use pybindgen to generate the initial py-module then fiddle with the code manually.

Other than that lisp implementation has anyone used the python api which lets you register a module as the 'compiler' for external file types? I forget what it's actually name is.




Yup but you're skilled enough to write--and more importantly, maintain--the required C/C++ code. Most devs and companies we talk to just want to make something people want; they don't care for the added complexity of writing and maintaining native code.

The way I like to think about this is how much more code got written when "high level" languages like C came onto the scene, at a time when Assembly was the default. Writing Python is way (way way) easier and faster than any of the lower-level languages--no pointers, no borrow checker!




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