Is Python really that useless? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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I mean by useless is it's so slow you can't make games or even big projects for GUI, only you can do is AI/ML, Data Science, and basic stuff. I think Rust is better because of its speed and language capabilities?

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

No. Next question.

(insert spongebob meme showing the fat dude a bunch of big python projects upon which many things run in this world)

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