Python Speed Question and Opinion

[Maboroshi]

Hello Peter Hansen

 Total beginners sometimes don't realize that questions such as yours
> have been asked repeatedly, many times, in the past.  Searching Google
> Groups (http://groups.google.com) for such discussions in this newsgroup
> will save yourself and others much time rehashing the argument all
> over again.  (And it does generally become an argument, after the
> initial factual responses. :-)
>
Sorry I have a bad habit of not searching google first I will have to
remember to do that before my next post

> Try Python, use it for more and more stuff if you like it, less
> stuff or nothing at all if you don't, and focus on writing good
> quality code, not the fastest code you can write...
>
In my opinion  Python is the best language there is and I love it. The
reason for me asking these questions was because I saw a lot of people
trying to compare python to C and I had to find out what the big deal was
and why C would be a faster language - I like to know how things work -

> Stop worrying about performance and interpreted vs. compiled.

I will definitley take your advice on this - But to be honest I was never
really concerned or worried about speed - I just love python