Python future performance and speed

[ellisjb at my-deja.com]

I was goint to post that the myth of "python isn't fast enough"
has been pretty much dispelled in these enlightened times, but I
guess I was too optimistic. :)

-Jonathan

Paul Rubin wrote:
> Well, whenever I want to write a mainstream application and think of
> using Python, my first reaction is that Python is too slow...