Why is this question so beloved? Re: Is python really slow?

[Ng Pheng Siong]

According to Jeremy Yallop  <jeremy at jdyallop.freeserve.co.uk>:
>   $ time python -c 'print 2**10000'  
> 
>   [answer snipped]
> 
>   real    0m0.226s
>   user    0m0.070s
>   sys     0m0.010s
> 
>   $ time clisp -q -x '(expt 2 10000)'
> 
>   [answer snipped]
> 
>   real    0m0.038s
>   user    0m0.030s
>   sys     0m0.000s

$ time python -c 'print 2**10000'

real    0m0.347s
user    0m0.044s
sys     0m0.023s

$ lisp -noinit
CMU Common Lisp 18d, running on vista.netmemetic.com
* (time (expt 2 10000))
Compiling LAMBDA NIL: 
Compiling Top-Level Form: 

Evaluation took:
  0.0 seconds of real time
  5.0e-6 seconds of user run time
  5.0e-6 seconds of system run time
  0 page faults and
  0 bytes consed.

(No idea if the two timings are comparable.)


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