How Fast Does Python Run?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8ib1bs$1pv at autodesk.autodesk.com>,
Akira Kiyomiya <akira.kiyomiya at autodesk.com> wrote:
>
>I wonder if Python runs faster than Perl.

Python almost never runs "faster" than Perl.  And there are some things
for which Perl is indisputably faster than Python (such as regular
expressions on a text file).  Where you gain in Python, though, is that
it's a much cleaner language, so you stand a greater chance of writing
an efficient algorithm in the first place -- and faster algorithms are
what get you faster programs.
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