Newsgroup mood [was] why python is slower than java?

[Fábio Mendes]

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> As a relative newbie myself, I think I might make a better person to
> start off (1) and (2) than some of the old-hands who are further away
> from the newbie mindset. And, on the "talk not followed by effort is
> chatter" principle, I surely ought volunteer, too ;-) I'm happy to do
> so, provided 1) it doesn't strike people as a silly or hopelessly
> naive
> idea, 2) I'm not committed to providing a proof of concept within the
> next week :-) , and 3) I can count on other's to do the wiki thing to
> my 
> starting effort.
> 
> So, if anyone's still reading, thanks. I'm curious to see if the
> suggestion seems worthwhile. Best to all,

This would be very nice in any OOS list! 
+1

Fabio