Selecting a programming language can be a form of premature optimization

URL: https://snarky.ca/programming-language-selection-is-a-form-of-premature-optimization/
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Domain: snarky.ca

Excerpt: Have you ever been told that Python couldn't be used for a project because it wouldn't be fast enough? I have, and I find it a bit frustrating as big banks, YouTube, Instagram, and plenty of other places that are performance-sensitive still manage to select Python and be happy. And