Python Is Nearly Four Times Faster

You got to stop with the python hating, it’s really not so slow, it can compute nearly 4 times faster than a human would

A screenshot of a humorous social media post defending Python by claiming that it can compute nearly four times faster than a human. The punchline is the misleading comparison: Python may be slow relative to some programming languages, but it is obviously much faster than a person at computation. EN: A screenshot of a humorous social media post defending Python by claiming that it can compute nearly four times faster than a human. The punchline is the misleading comparison: Python may be slow relative to some programming languages, but it is obviously much faster than a person at computation.

• @ithueti / 17626 2026-02-03