Is python ircbot.py slow?

[Dfenestr8]

Hi.

As a personal project, I'm scripting my own irc bots for my own
chans on irc. It seems to me more fun than working out how to use an
eggdrop.

I'm using ircbot.py library, from the python-irclib package, by Joel
Rosdahl. But, I was talking to a friend of mine who has experience with
bots, and he says that python is way toooo slooow.

I haven't really looked into how they bench mark these things, but as far
as I know, python has always been considered a reasonably fast scripting
language. Even back when the standarad server was a p450 it was considered
fast enough.

Now that most servers are 1.2Ghz +, surely speed isn't even an issue?