Speed Comparisons: Python vs Java

[Peter Hansen]

"A. Keyton Weissinger" wrote:
> 
> I've seen some Java/Python comparisons, but none that show side by side
> performance tests of any real depth. Has anyone seen any? If so, where?

Readily found from a search with 

 -  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=comparing+python+java+performance

was the following:

 -  http://twistedmatrix.com/users/glyph/rant/python-vs-java.html

  (most humorous in the relative lengths of the samples)

and:

 - http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccpprtTR.pdf

which compares Python, Java, C, C++ and others for a particular
string-processing program.

Of course, speed of execution usually gets too much attention,
and you should probably be more concerned about speed of 
development, ease of maintenance, and fun, which are all areas
where Python wins hands down...

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Peter Hansen, P.Eng.
peter at engcorp.com