This is a repost of my quora answer:
This is a repost of my quora answer:
I came across an amazing answer for this by Alec Cawley on Quora.
What does it matter if a program runs in 100 msec instead of 1 msec, if only run it a hundred times? If it takes me 10 minutes to develop instead of 60 minutes, I have gained 3000 seconds and lost 10. Isn’t that the right way round?
The only reason for computers is to help us. By running an easy-to-write language, they help us. You need to prove the necessity for a hard-to-write language. There are such proofs – many applications really need performance. But for the many that do not, Python is an excellent language.
Originally Answered: Why is Python in demand when it is slower than other languages?
It’s 8:30 PM here in Bangalore and I am trying to open my quora profile. But honestly this wasn’t expected. Quora is down. I have been a very frequent quora user for the past 4 years but this is the first time I’ve seen it being down. Not that I am complaining. Quora is indeed the best Q&A platform but this is a rare sight indeed.