First-Year CS Student Lectures Python Devs About Compiled Language Speed

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A classic two-part meme. The top caption in black text on a white background reads: 'How first year CS students feel after telling Python devs that their programs would be faster in a compiled language.' Below is a photo of a young man with glasses, a faint mustache, and a smug, self-satisfied expression, wearing a dark polo shirt and posing dramatically over a chessboard against a theatrical red smoky background - the staged 'chess prodigy' portrait aesthetic. The meme mocks the rite of passage where newcomers triumphantly state an obvious, context-free performance fact, ignoring that experienced Python developers already know this and that real-world bottlenecks are usually I/O, libraries like NumPy already drop into C, and developer time often matters more than CPU time

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Yes, it would be faster in C - and the team would still be segfaulting on the JSON parser while the Python version hit its third quarter in production

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Yes, it would be faster in C - and the team would still be segfaulting on the JSON parser while the Python version hit its third quarter in production
Anonymous

He optimized the language before profiling the algorithm—classic O(ego).
@evmyshkin 6mo

CS 1.6 especially
@hoodiepaws 6mo

i think it’s fair to say that anyone working on anything that would benefit from the switch already knows
@sysoevyarik 6mo

slow program is better than a program that will never be done
@hexagoned 6mo

At least my print ("Hello World!") Is not #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl; return 0; }
1. @feedable 6mo
  
  nyooo le #include<print> int main() { std::println("Hello World!"); }
2. @abel1502 6mo
  
  Eww, python 2. Get yo deprecated ass outta here!
  
  @feedable 6mo
  
  that's lua
  
  @abel1502 6mo
  
  The meme said python, but if that's what the comment author meant, sentiment retracted
  
  @hexagoned 6mo
  
  Ayo, forgot to put ()
  
  @hy60koshk 6mo
  
  These people are allowed to write code. Think about it.
@azizhakberdiev 6mo

if universe has infinite possible states, there must be one where all programs are simultaneously written in Rust
1. @palaueb 6mo
  
  in PHP
2. @tema3210 6mo
  
  And rust actually got all its features on release
3. @feedable 6mo
  
  only one that actually happens tho
@blue_bonsai 6mo

My balls are rusted
1. @deadgnom32 6mo
  
  so you cum 🚀 blazingly ⚡ fast?
  
  @azizhakberdiev 6mo
  
  and 🔥 totally 🔒safe
  
  @blue_bonsai 6mo
  
  I truly do.
2. @palaueb 6mo
  
  sensitive rusted balls skin?
@tonko22 6mo

Second year cs pythoneer: compiles python using nuitka/pyinstaller
@feralape 6mo

I'm sorry fellas I don't notice the speed difference maybe because the modules I use are written in c and abstracted into python.
@blue_bonsai 6mo

Bruh

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