loop in python

[Bill Mill]

They come out even in the computer language shootout:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&sort=fullcpu

(tied 8-8 in execution time, although perl wins 4-12 on memory consumption)

Peace
Bill Mill

On 8/23/05, km <km at mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> > thing.  If *all* your loops are going to do is print stuff, then you're
> > doing the right thing with the version that "emits values".
> 
> ya most of the loops print values.
> 
> > know this).  Since you haven't got any working code, it's not possible
> > that you *need* whatever negligible speed difference there might be
> > between Python and Perl.
> >
> > Python, don't let your first attempts at benchmarking dissuade you.
> > Really, trust us.
> 
> ya i do.
> 
> > Python's strengths lie in four things: the readability of the code, the
> > huge range of library modules available, the elegance of its object
> > oriented constructs, and the helpfulness of its community.  Raw speed is
> > not one of its strengths, but there are tens of thousands of people
> > using it quite effectively and without daily concern for its speed (same
> > as Perl, by the way since, again, they are _not_ significantly different
> > in speed no matter what an empty loop test shows).
> 
> I agree that python emphasizes on readability which i didnt see in many of the languages, but when the application concern is speed, does it mean that python is not yet ready? even most of the googling abt python vs perl  convince me that perl is faster than python in most of the aspects. Also the first thing any newbie to python asks me is abt "raw speed in comparison with similar languages like perl" when i advocate python to perl.
> 
> 
> regards,
> KM
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