- What is Python particularly good for? When is using Python the “right choice” for a project?
- What are some drawbacks of the Python language?
- What kind of language Python is?
- How Python runs code?
- References
What is Python particularly good for? When is using Python the “right choice” for a project?
- Rapid prototyping — because of easiness of code writing and refactoring
- More compact code — because of functionally-rich libraries
What are some drawbacks of the Python language?
- Execution speed - Python can be slower than compiled languages since it is interpreted.
- GIL - no matter how many threads or processors are present, only one thread is ever being executed at any given time.
What kind of language Python is?
- Python is the interpreted language and compiled at the same time, which means the source code of a Python program is converted into byte code that is then executed by the Python virtual machine.
- Python is a strongly and dynamically typed language (allows run time modifications). Strong typing means that the type of value doesn't change in unexpected ways.
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How Python runs code?
- The interpreter reads the python code from the source file and examines it for a syntax error.
- If the code is error-free then the interpreter converts the code to it’s equivalent ‘Byte code’.
- This byte code is then transmitted to the Python Virtual Machine (PVM) where the Byte code is again compiled for error if any.
