Yeah, it's totally dependent on what you're doing. It would be insane to write a simple script in C, and it would be insane to write an operating system in Python. Most code lies somewhere between those two extremes.
I fully admit that the cult of performance is silly - and anyway, it can sometimes be easier to write performant code in a slightly more high-level language that you're extremely adept at writing. For instance, I'd wager most people could write a more performant web server in Go than they could in C, even if they could write a web server in C.
I fully admit that the cult of performance is silly - and anyway, it can sometimes be easier to write performant code in a slightly more high-level language that you're extremely adept at writing. For instance, I'd wager most people could write a more performant web server in Go than they could in C, even if they could write a web server in C.