Is Python really slow?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <8gtn29$s8u$1 at ites.inria.fr>,
Cedric Adjih  <adjih at crepuscule.com> wrote:
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>  You're right, Python is slow. That is fast to program with, but slow
>to run. For many cases, it is fast enough.
>For other cases, its speed is an issue, but programmer time is deemed
>more important.
>For other cases, one can profile, and write a C module (with the
>extension API, SWIG, CXX or SCXX), for the bottlenecks, when possible.
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>If you need more speed than Python has (but not top speed), and something
>more clean than C++, you can try something in between, such
>as Java or Eiffel.
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>-- Cedric

... and sometimes even then, especially with Java,
you'll find meaningful applications are *slower* 
when you try languages other than Python.
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Cameron Laird <claird at NeoSoft.com>
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