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		rednafi on Dec 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In CPython, types implemented in C are part of the... This is true. I primarily write research code as well as some code that goes to prod. I love writing Python for exactly the reason you've mentioned. If something that needs to be re-written in a "proper" language, we've guys that can write that thing in them quickly and I don't need to worry about them that much. Did I mention those guys usually gets paid half as much as I do? As long as things work man.

legerdemain on Dec 25, 2020 [–]

  > Did I mention those guys usually gets paid half as much as I do?

You certainly did! Congratulations on being a more valuable person than a software engineer.

scotty79 on Dec 25, 2020 | [–]

I think he's software engineer too. Just the one who's paid more for figuring what to write, not how to write it.

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