Why are the most syntactically beautiful languages aren't the fastest ? 😭😭

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moghir2004

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Reminds me of Python....
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BillLumbergh

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Because the more layers of abstraction they have the more things the compiler/interpreter must assume, or something like that.
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seaskyways

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@moghir2004 I'm thinking Kotlin and Swift actually, cuz I love compiled
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moghir2004

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https://github.com/unixpickle/... click this
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yellow-dog

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@JKyll thanks for saving me some typing
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seaskyways

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@JKyll it doesn't have to be that way, it depends on how good the abstraction is done ... Sometimes high level optimization is more effective than low level optimization
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BillLumbergh

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@seaskyways true, I've been checking rust for a while. I'll see if I can do something useful with it this summer.
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seaskyways

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@JKyll i tried working with rust for almost 2 weeks ... It has a learning curve like mount Everest
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BillLumbergh

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@seaskyways that's why I'll take all summer to do it lol
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PonySlaystation

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Beauty is subjective
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lastpeony

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They are fast enough for %99 of time
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nblackburn

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As @JKyll said, they are heavily abstracted meaning less work for you but more for the runtime.
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DangerousDev

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Now I kinda feel sad for JavaScript, coz it's neither :/
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seaskyways

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@TomRiddle AND IT'S SO WIDELY USED
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iam13islucky

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@TomRiddle drop the semicolons and use functional programming, it becomes quite pretty imo
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-vim-

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@moghir2004 ewww, python is taking quite a hit
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seaskyways

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@iam13islucky Still slow as ....
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iam13islucky

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@seaskyways meh. I'm not trying to create a compiler here, I'm making silly web games. Works well enough for me :)
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DangerousDev

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@iam13islucky Although my Primary is C#, I do work with Python and F# one in a while 🙂
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seaskyways

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@TomRiddle i have always been a fan of Kotlin, but the fact that it depends on the JVM bugs me
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DangerousDev

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Well I have never actually played around much with Java/kotlin. I've heard that Kotlin has a lot of advanced features like c#(like binding).
Btw what's the issue with JVM here??
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seaskyways

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@TomRiddle simple programs can take lots of RAM compared to other languages, native languages to be specific
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seaskyways

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@fun2code i should invest in it then, i've heard of it once or twice, let me see, thanks !
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seaskyways

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@fun2code I know FP, i use it in Kotlin and more
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Why are the most syntactically beautiful languages aren't the fastest ? 😭😭

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