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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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[–] [email protected] 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.