Why is Python a good first scripting language?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.1035182670.8581.python-list at python.org>,
Alessandro Bottoni  <alessandro.bottoni at infinito.it> wrote:
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>> (4) "Fast enough" performance.  It doesn't have to be faster than competing
>> scripting languages, but  shouldn't be radically slower.
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>Python is the fastest interpreted language I have ever seen.
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Not in my experience.  'Fact, I think I can fairly
readily make an objective argument to the contrary,
by comparing Python with OCaML, Perl, ... on 
a range of benchmarks.

Python's plenty fast though.  It needn't apologize.
While there's plenty of complexity to "fastest", I
simply don't regard Python as in the running.

It remains the single best choice for petitioners 
such as Mr. Teebken.
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