loop in python

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km wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Why is it that the implementation of empty loop so slow in python when compared to perl ? 
> 
> #i did this in python (v 1.5)
> for x in xrange(1000):
>     print x
> # this took 0.017 seconds 
> --------------------------
> #similar code in perl (v 5.6): 
> for $x (0..1000)
> {
> print $x;
> }
> # this took 0.005 seconds only  !!!
> 
> Is python runtime slow at all aspects when compared to perl ? 
> I really wonder what makes python slower than perl ? 

Yeah but the python version took 2.1 less seconds to type.
Python runs as fast as Perl.