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On 17/06/2024 08:30, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2024-06-17, James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> The problem is that Bart's compiler is VERY unusual. It's customized for
>> his use, and he has lots of quirks in the way he thinks compilers should
>> work, which are very different from those of most other programmers. In
>> particular, compilation speed is very important to him, while execution
>> speed is almost completely unimportant, which is pretty much the
>> opposite of the way most programmers prioritize those things.
> 
> Most programmers use Javascript and Python, which follow Bart's
> priorities. Fast, invisible compilation to some kind of byte code (plus
> possibly later JIT), slow execution time.
> 
I was so surprised by that I went to check.

<https://www.statista.com/statistics/793628/worldwide-developer-survey-most-used-languages/>

says HTML is second, not Python which is 3rd - but that might be down to 
definitions of what a language is.

About a fifth of us use C and C++, and another 5% assembly. I guess the 
rest of the world cares more about getting a product out that works, and 
less about making it fast.

Pretty much my entire career cared about performance in some way or another.

Andy