I hope that Julia eventually makes such a hit that performance gets taken more seriously as part of Python devs (yeah there is PyPy, but gets seldom used in the field).
I am like you though, my introduction to Python was version 1.6, and due to my experience with its performance, I never used it for anything beyond shell scripting on steroids.
As proven by Smalltalk, Dylan, Common Lisp and JavaScript, dynamism doesn't need to be slow.
I hope that Julia eventually makes such a hit that performance gets taken more seriously as part of Python devs (yeah there is PyPy, but gets seldom used in the field).
I am like you though, my introduction to Python was version 1.6, and due to my experience with its performance, I never used it for anything beyond shell scripting on steroids.
As proven by Smalltalk, Dylan, Common Lisp and JavaScript, dynamism doesn't need to be slow.