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Please no don't make KDE slow.
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Good point, but I assume it's just a development tool
A lot of stuff uses python under the hood, especially in Ubuntu and its deveriates.
And?
If it's used correctly, it doesn't slow down things.
Sorry but I need very good scientific proof to believe you. So far everything in Python was extremely slow for me.
Of course, Python will always be slower than C/C++. But you'll only notice it's made with python if it is slow, otherwise you won't even think about it. Many system utils use it, for the convenience of ArgumentParser etc., but as they follow the principle of doing one thing only, but very quickly and well, you'll not even notice the difference between it being written in python, running for 0.1s, and C, running for 0.01s.
Of course, Python will always be slower than C/C++. But you'll only notice it's made with python if it is slow, otherwise you won't even think about it.
Is this an empty excuse lol?
you'll not even notice the difference between it being written in python, running for 0.1s, and C, running for 0.01s.
Now add 10 or 50 things like that together and see the difference. One thing never makes a difference but it's a combination of all of them that does. Ask ecologist for example.
Chaining that together would make a difference if the whole DE would be written in Python, and only on startup. Almost everything you do is broken down into very simple instructions anyway. Instructions that run in milliseconds in every language.
Sorry but your excuses only defend Python and induce bloat and planned obsolescence.
Now I'm going to, and you can't stop me!
I really hope it's a joke, mister/miss. Unfortunately FOSS projects leaders don't seem to mind Python or other slow code that much so it's on the contributors to keep the projects good.
Ruby? I'm in. (Although I use Crystal but the syntax is similar)