Is python really slow?

[Andrew McNamara]

>> I am now learning Python. I am a bit disheartened at how common it seems
>> to code only some of a program in Python and use C for other parts,
>> [...]
>
>Python is not slow at all. There are however tasks that you would not
>normally do in a scripting language (heavy number crunching etc.). One
>of the good things about Python is that you can still write those types
>of applications in Python and only write the performance critical parts
>in C/C++ versus writing the entire application in C/C++.

It's worth mentioning the Numeric/Numpy module and associated extensions
provides a lot of C-coded number crunching goodness for the Python-only
coder.

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Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
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