@rustlang ("Rust Language") retweeted:
@benjy ("Benjy Weinberger") wrote:
This is pretty much what we did with @pantsbuild. v1 was pure Python. We learned a lot from that, including which parts would benefit from being rewritten in @rustlang and which would be best kept in Python, which is how v2 came to be.
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@brettsky ("Brett Cannon") wrote:
Something we have always promoted is:
1. Implement in Python.
2. Profile.
3. _If_ not fast enough, optimize the algorithm.
4. If _still_ not fast enough, optimize using another language Python has bindings to. https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/1454953847080853506