python speed

[David Rasmussen]

Harald Armin Massa wrote:
>>Faster than assembly? LOL... :)
> 
> why not? 

Because any program generated automatically by a compiler of any kind 
can always be expressed in assembly langauge. That writing assembler for 
many processors can be really hard to do well is beside the point. We're 
talking about the best-case capabilities of a language. Writing programs 
in other languages can be hard as well, not to mention writing a 
compiler for any language that produces "as good as best assembly" code, 
that is, optimal code.

/David