Speed with Python

[Jeff Massung]

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?

Cheers,
Jeff