Speed Comparison Perl Python & C

[Michael Hudson]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> Nothing stops Python from optimizing the loop.  It just doesn't do so.
> Again, it's an implementation vs implementation comparison, with
> Fortran winning.

I haven't read the rest of this thread, but my curiosity is almost
(but not quite) piqued enough by this statement to go back and find
out why it's being said :-)

Cheers,
mwh

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