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The capability will be released as a public preview, he said. Right now, you can build functions in Azure using several languages, including C#, Javascript, F#, Python, Node.js, and PHP.

This is the first time Microsoft is adding support for a new language in Azure Functions, too. Until now, the service only supported JavaScript, C#, F#, Python, PHP, Bash, Batch and PowerShell.

Spiffy and convenient as Python is, most everyone who uses the language knows it’s comparatively creaky—orders of magnitude slower than C, Java, or JavaScript for CPU-intensive work.