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First-Year CS Student Lectures Python Devs About Compiled Language Speed
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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
  1. 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

  2. Anonymous

    He optimized the language before profiling the algorithm—classic O(ego).

  3. @evmyshkin 7mo

    CS 1.6 especially

  4. @hoodiepaws 7mo

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

  5. @sysoevyarik 7mo

    slow program is better than a program that will never be done

  6. @hexagoned 7mo

    At least my print ("Hello World!") Is not #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl; return 0; }

    1. @feedable 7mo

      nyooo le #include<print> int main() { std::println("Hello World!"); }

    2. @abel1502 7mo

      Eww, python 2. Get yo deprecated ass outta here!

      1. @feedable 7mo

        that's lua

        1. @abel1502 7mo

          The meme said python, but if that's what the comment author meant, sentiment retracted

      2. @hexagoned 7mo

        Ayo, forgot to put ()

        1. @hy60koshk 7mo

          These people are allowed to write code. Think about it.

  7. @azizhakberdiev 7mo

    if universe has infinite possible states, there must be one where all programs are simultaneously written in Rust

    1. @palaueb 7mo

      in PHP

    2. @tema3210 7mo

      And rust actually got all its features on release

    3. @feedable 7mo

      only one that actually happens tho

  8. @blue_bonsai 7mo

    My balls are rusted

    1. @deadgnom32 7mo

      so you cum 🚀 blazingly ⚡ fast?

      1. @azizhakberdiev 7mo

        and 🔥 totally 🔒safe

      2. @blue_bonsai 7mo

        I truly do.

    2. @palaueb 7mo

      sensitive rusted balls skin?

  9. @tonko22 7mo

    Second year cs pythoneer: compiles python using nuitka/pyinstaller

  10. @feralape 7mo

    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.

  11. @blue_bonsai 7mo

    Bruh

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