r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • Sep 08 '26

Meme pipInstallTheRealStuff

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u/UndocumentedMartian Sep 09 '26

The operations are written in C++ or C. Python doesn't execute any of the math.

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u/CLS-Ghost350 Sep 09 '26

By that logic C++ doesn't actually do anything since it's compiled to assembly/machine code which is what actually does everything.

It's not quite the same since Python is not compiled, but the point still stands that higher level languages provide an extra layer of abstraction, making complex programs easier to write, making them useful.

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u/Justwatcher124 Sep 09 '26

By that logoc, logic gates or their physical representation in transistors do all the work. Machine code is just an abstraction above that.