Perl speed vs. Python speed

[rwgk at my-deja.com]

I just wrote a tiny Python program to do some text processing.
When I ran it I was very surprised how long it took to finish.
My first guess is that Perl would be a lot faster, maybe even a
factor 10, but I did not do a direct comparison.

Could someone with more experience comment on Perl speed vs.
Python speed?

Thanks!
        Ralf


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