Speed with Python

[Bernhard Reiter]

In article <QH645.94$QA1.13929 at news.uswest.net>,
	"Jeff Massung" <jmassung at magpiesystems.com> writes:
> Many threads with this kind of name have popped up, comparing the speed of
> Python to C, Java, etc. and trying to determine how fast some of the
> algorithms in Python are.
> 
> My question however, is how many of you who are Python gurus/junkies (no
> offence, I myself am a C and Forth junkie) :) use Python for speed intensive
> processing (not graphics, but databases and such)? Does efficiency of
> developement outweight the eventual speed of use?

Yes. Yes.
	Bernhard
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