Python 2 times slower than Perl

[John J. Lee]

On 18 Jul 2001, Johann Hibschman wrote:
[...]
> cc -O2       0.28
> cc           0.62
> ocamlopt     1.26   (compiled)
> ocaml        9.42   (interpreted)
> perl        28.9
> python      66.8
>
> Hm.  I'm beginning to wonder if I compiled python with -O2 or not.
> Plus, I'm becoming more and more fond of ocaml.
>
> The python function I used was the basic
>
> def test ():
>     i = 2.5
>     j = 2.5
>     while i < 1e7:
>         j = 2.5 * 2.5
>         i = i + 1.0
>     print "%f %f\n" % (i, j)
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     test ()

When do you ever write Python code that does this kind of thing??  For
example, if you're doing lots of fp work, don't you use Numeric?

Must try OCaml, though (and Haskell)...


John