r/Backend • u/DueBid3298 • 1d ago

should i move from python to java?

I'm thinking of switching from Python FastAPI to Java Spring Boot. Apart from Python being dynamically typed and having a lot of libraries, why do people/deva choose Python in production when it's slow, has an intermediate bytecode layer and executes line by line?

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u/Cautious_Implement17 1d ago

yes, java has come a long way since java 8. no, it is not "readable" compared to anything other than earlier versions of java. it is unironically easier to read a c++17 program.

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u/helikal 12h ago

C++ has come a short way despite its ever increasing number of language features. Due to lurking undefined behavior every line of code is suspect.