why is python slow?

[Fernando Pereira]

On 3/8/02 12:28 PM, in article a6ascr$19l8$1 at nntp6.u.washington.edu, "Donn
Cave" <donn at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> We can wave our hands and say performance is a
> tough problem, but it would be more convincing if it looked like it was
> getting the most minimal attention.

It's all a matter of resource allocation. Computers are cheap and common,
Python experts are rare and expensive (at least I hope so, they deserve it).

-- F