Python is faster than C

[Michael Hudson]

Matthias <no at spam.pls> writes:

> aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> > While I'm generally in favor of what you're talking about, it seems to a
> > certain extent that you're simply shifting complexity.  Maintaining the
> > simplicity of the Python VM is an important goal, I think, and some of
> > your suggestions run counter to that goal.
> 
> Isn't the whole idea of very high level languages to shift complexity
> from the user code to the language implementation?  
> 
> That's not a rhetorical question: Why is it that "simplicity of the
> Python VM is an important goal"?  

Well, possibly because it's easier to predict what a simple
implementation is up to.

Cheers,
mwh

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