Python execution speed

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> I think the general interest in "compiled Python" can be summed up in two
> statements:
> 
>     * It would allow Python programmers have their cake and eat it too
>       (higher-level programming and (near) compiled language speed).
> 
>     * "More is never enough."  (I credit this statement to Bob Saltzman, a
>       long-time sysadmin type guy I knew in my days at GE.  I have no idea
>       where Bob got it.)
[...]

Good points. When we talk about speed in programming languages, it won't
ever be enough. If you have a very complex algorithm, you will benefit a
lot from speed improvements. If you have a simple algorithm, you'll
benefit a little bit. But we must understand that, if you improve an
interpreter's speed, everyone developing or using code in that language
will benefit from that without any efforts, and that means spare cpu
for other tasks.

-- 
Gustavo Niemeyer

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