scripting languages vs statically compiled ones

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.5578.1098897981.5135.python-list at python.org>,
Ajay  <abra9823 at mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
>hi!
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>is there an authoritative source on the performance of scripting languages
>such as python vs. something like java, c, c++.
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>its for a report, so it would be awesome if i could quote some well-known
>authority on this.
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