That's Just C With Extra Steps

That's Just C With Extra Steps
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When your Python code finally breaks down, C++ comes to the rescue! The meme brilliantly captures how Python (the fancy sports car) might look sleek and get you moving quickly, but eventually needs to be carried by C++ (the tow truck) for performance-critical operations.

Under the hood, Python itself is implemented in C, and many high-performance Python libraries like NumPy and TensorFlow have C/C++ cores doing the heavy lifting while Python just waves from the driver's seat. When your code needs to go really fast, you end up writing those critical sections in C++ anyway.

It's the classic speed vs. development time tradeoff that haunts every performance optimization meeting!

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