From the complete opposite side, I've built some tiny bits of near irrelevant code where python has been unacceptable, e.g. in shell startup / in bash's PROMPT_COMMAND, etc. It ends up having a very painfully obvious startup time, even if the code is nearing the equivalent of Hello World

    time python -I -c 'print("Hello World")'
    real    0m0.014s
    time bash --noprofile -c 'echo "Hello World"'
    real    0m0.001s