How Fast Does Python Run?

[Tim Rowe]

In article <8ib1bs$1pv at autodesk.autodesk.com>, akira.kiyomiya at autodesk.com 
(Akira Kiyomiya) wrote:

> I wonder if Python runs faster than Perl.
> 
> Could someone give me some comparison and contrast with some languages 
> such
> as Perl, Tcl, JavaScript, etc?
> 
> I am just curious.

Check out:

 http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/%7Eprechelt/documents/jccpp_tr.pdf
 
Which somebody posted here recently. Where the best Python was shown to 
run faster than the best Perl, and the worst Python was shown to run a 
/lot/ faster than the worst Perl. Only on one task, admittedly, but one 
that Perl should have been good at...