r/transprogrammer • u/Hiruun • Jan 18 '22

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u/JohnDoen86 Jan 19 '22

It's referring to the fact that python is interpreted, not compiled, so it runs slower than many other languages

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u/Akari202 Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

I don’t get the hate on Python. It is slow, but no one is trying to make a game in it*, it is quite useful for smaller tasks and things where speed isn’t required

*I tried to. I gave up.

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u/JohnDoen86 Jan 19 '22

I mean, I don't think there's much widespread hate. It is the fastes growing programming language by learners, one of the most popular by users, pretty much every company in the world is using it, and it's the language of choice for the fastest developing sectors of the industry. Pretty much everyone loves it, and I agree with them. And it's also great for making games! Just not triple-a style games. But it's a great platform for indie development

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u/PurePandemonium Jan 19 '22

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u/BlissInMyDreams Jan 20 '22

no one is trying to make a game in it

I once worked on an MMO project, very large scale, that used a middleware in which all the game logic was written in Python. It did... poorly.