funny slashdot quote regarding python 2.3 release

[Irmen de Jong]

Guyon Morée wrote:
>  suspect that most time-critical code is not written in python.
> 
> Depends on which time is critical: CPU time, or programmer time?
> 
> -jcr

Not only funny, but also a very *sound* question.

 From your development company's point of view: the programmer time.
 From the customer's point of view: depends. Usually CPU time.
But programmer's time means longer realization times and usually
higher cost (unless the project is fixed-price).

And let's not forget that time-critical code can very well be
written in a high-performance C extension module.

--Irmen