Yes → I agree that saying something more like “ In certain situations, Julia can even be faster than C” would have been better than “ Julia is faster than C”, but
No → I do not agree with the ridiculous claim of the C/Python/Cython synergy, and I have no idea what you are referring to when you say “ And that’s not the only way to run binary code from a python program.”, but I am interested in whatever your talking about, because I’d love to be able to make a binary file from a Python script. I think it’s odd that on one hand you are saying that you can run binary code from Python without using C when Python is interpreted by C, unless of course you are saying that there are other tools to get Python into C and then into assembly and then into binary, but I’ve never heard of that without writing the C yourself, so i’d definitely be interested to know what you are talking about.
“ If by sklearn and tf you mean the entire ecosystem of python packages” — I’m not really sure how to assess this because just the idea isn’t feasible, and is completely ridiculous. What are you talking about “ the entire ecosystem of python packages”, if the entire ecosystem of packages was written in C, then you would be writing C, not Python. Remember this also, only the back-ends of these are typically written in Python, due to how PyPi wheels are created.
“and if among this ecosystem you don’t find something that fits your requirements in terms of performance, and you don’t want to write a c-code extension, that’s fine. Use the right tool for the job, and the tool you’re efficient and comfortable with.” — There are some things that Python just can’t accomplish, and dropping down to C isn’t always feasible in the modern tech world of “ crunch” culture.
If you can write something that accomplishes the same task, but it will take you a quarter of the time to write if you do it a specific way; why do it the other way?
Why write a module in C for Python when you could just write a module in Julia, and get similar performance while also not having to hop languages?
