Python modules and Perl modules

[Aahz]

In article <20030530003407.59663cda.rm at no-mail.com>,
Roy Marteen  <rm at no-mail.com> wrote:
>
>I noticed that Python modules are compiled to .pyo (which is binary),
>and Perl modules are in ascii format. Does this mean that calling
>modules from Python will be faster, because the modules are already in
>Python bytecode?

Well, no, but loading modules is frequently faster.  It's also a bit
easier to create a Python module than a Perl module.

Note: the default compiled form of Python modules is .pyc; .pyo is only
created when you run Python in optimized mode.
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