That's by far the most downloads of any tool in the VS Code Marketplace ... has been downloaded almost 27 million more times than the most popular non-Python extension (C/C++, 33.3 million). What's ...

This allows Python programs to wrap libraries written in C and C++. Significant chunks of the Python ecosystem of third-party libraries, such as for machine learning, have C code at their core.

C++ is currently the fourth most popular language behind C, Java and Python. The C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) joins Microsoft's marketplace extensions for Python and Java ...

Finally, Python is not the best choice when speed is an absolute priority in every aspect of the application. For that, you’re better off with C/C++, Rust, or another language of that caliber.