Python future performance and speed

[Baalbek]

Aahz wrote:

> In article <278de0e.0408221450.324e8178 at posting.google.com>,
> Neuruss <luismg at gmx.net> wrote:

>>I didn't want to start a silly thread to discuss wether python is slow
>>or not. It is. Period.
> 
> 
> Nope.  Speed is relative.  Is a car slow?  Depends whether you're trying
> to go five feet, five miles, fifty miles, five hundred miles, or five
> thousand miles -- and it also depends on the alternatives available for
> traversing that distance.  Repeatedly claiming that Python is slow as an
> absolute statement only shows your ignorance and unwillingness to listen
> to other people.

Python on today's machines probably runs a lot faster than C programs 
did on machines 20 years ago (or even 10 years ago).

Baalbek