Speed Comparisons: Python vs Java

[Ype Kingma]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> "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...

Besides the fun, there is also:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/Jython-users/638627

which states that there are circumstances in which Jython (ie.
Python implemented _in_ Java, not vs Java) outperformes CPython.

Regards,
Ype

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