Why Slower Computers Were Faster (2020)

Seems we are losing sight of the difference between 'interpreted' and 'compiled'.

Personally, I prefer 'compiled'. My language of preference is C and has been for many years. I have tried looking at various 'fashionable' languages over the years (including Perl, Python, javascript, even Java itself) but I always gravitate back to C as the my best fit between speed of development and speed of execution.

The interpreted languages (like Python) can be fast to develop but, even there, they can get long-winded and convoluted to write because they don't require the programmer to be as rigorous regarding data types as she should.

Mental Outlaw doesn't seem to appreciate the plethora of benefits to using higher level software. It is common that very little is lost by using a slower language like python but a lot of development time is saved which can be expensive both in personal projects and from a development cost perspective.