Python speed vs csharp

[Steve Horsley]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:09:22 -0700, Mike wrote:

> Bear with me: this post is moderately long, but I hope it is relatively
> succinct. 
> 
> I've been using Python for several years as a behavioral modeling tool for
> the circuits I design. So far, it's been a good trade-off: compiled C++
> would run faster, but the development time of Python is so much faster, and
> the resulting code is so much more reliable after the first pass, that I've
> never been tempted to return to C++. Every time I think stupid thoughts
> like, "I'll bet I could do this in C++," I get out my copy of Scott Meyers'
> "Effecive C++," and I'm quickly reminded why it's better to stick with
> Python (Meyers is a very good author, but points out lots of quirks and
> pitfalls with C++ that I keep thinking that I shouldn't have to worry
> about, much less try to remember). Even though Python is wonderful in that
> regard, there are problems.
>

It might be worth having a look ay Jython. This allows python code to run
on a java VM by emitting JVM bytecode rather than standard python
interpreter bytecode. This gives you all the hotspot optimisations that
have been invested in java runtime performance. 

Steve