How Fast Does Python Run?

[Ken Seehof]

Aahz Maruch wrote:

> 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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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.

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