loop in python

[James]

>> I don't want to offend you or anything, but doesn't the second sentence mean that someone DID do a speed comparison?

I did provide Language Shootout link in the next paragraph of the post
you referred to along with an obligatory caution about interpreting
benchmarks. The Language Shootout is a general enough benchmark to
cover all popular languages not just comparing between
Perl/Python/Ruby/Tcl (which I said was pointless). So the statements
are not in conflict.