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Dropbox Announces Their Own Open-Source Python
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostThe problem is that this false statement has become a culture. It's false because machine cost is higher than human cost. This statement is true if you are building an app to run on a few machines only, but if you are developing an app for end users then you have to count the machine cost for all users. If an app is to be used by a million users, and only 0.1% of those need to upgrade their machines because of this app then you are looking at a total cost close to half a million dollars.
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Originally posted by shaurz View PostThe Dropbox desktop client is also written in Python.
The bottom line is that - bar specific problem domains such as the need to process real-time large quantities of data, or the need to run on limited resources such as an embedded system - choosing a language on the basis of its performance advantages is akin to premature optimisation.
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