PyEugene
Why you shouldn't use Python
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Python 3.8 released today
Lets Be Honest
This is a Python User Group. Most of us either use or are interested in Python. But, Python isn't always the best choice. As programmers we should be able to make a judgement call about which language is best for the project. Sometimes that choice might be based on hard facts, other times it might be based on our own bias.
I have tried to keep my own biases out of this presentation.
Maybe you shouldn't use python if...
- You want to be a game developer
- You want to work on low level systems
Game Development
You can do game development in python if you use pygame.
Can any one name a game created in pygame?
Unity uses c#
Unreal engine uses c++
Low Level Programming
Most low level programming is done in some variant of c. This doesn't mean Python can't do it. But, if speed is an issue you probably shouldn't use python. There are pythonic solutions to this....
Documentation is hit or miss
Some Documentation is great. Some is super convoluted
(Although you can complain about this in every language)
Also this is a great location if you want to get started in contributing to OSS to start
Some modules should handle the same things but don't - or they handle things differently
You will probably find this in any language that uses modules/plugins
Speed
If speed is important - don't use python
More Speed comparisons
Links
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/program/revcomp-python3-6.html
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/program/regexredux-python3-1.html
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/python-programming-language-downsides/
https://gist.github.com/RobertAKARobin/a1cba47d62c009a378121398cc5477ea?fbclid=IwAR3WbUvycnIxPrmxwVFA7eWzqpXwd92BH0ktc1yA9rYOoDWBFOe915UL2mQ