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Are Function Calls Still Slow in Python? An Analysis of Recent Optimizations in CPython (blog.codingconfessions.com)
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[โ€“] TunaCowboy 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The downvotes are hilarious. Being able to drop down to C is one of python's selling points, and the title of the post includes the name of the python ref implementation __C__Python.

[โ€“] celliern 11 points 3 months ago

There is a difference being able to drop down in C and using exclusively C.

One of the main advantage of python is being to quickly write code, and using C-based library / part of code written in C (or fortran, or rust for what it matters) when needed.

"just write C" may lack a bit of nuance.