How Fast Does Python Run?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <39499C91.3A1586BE at sightreader.com>,
Ken Seehof  <kens at sightreader.com> wrote:
>
>And python will get faster.  There is no intrinsic reason for perl
>to be faster than python; it's just been around longer and has been
>optimized more.

Your first sentence is true.  Your second sentence is false.  Perl has
platform-specific hacks that make it faster; it's extremely unlikely
that Python will ever go the non-portable route.
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