python speed

[Fredrik Lundh]

Cameron Laird wrote:

>>You are missing the main idea: Java is by design a general purpose
>>programming language. That's why all "GMPYs" and alike are written in
>>Java - now wrappers to C-libraries. Python, by design, is glue
> .
> I don't understand the sentence, "That's why all 'GMPYs' and alike ..."
> Are you saying that reuse of code written in languages other than Java
> is NOT important to Java?  I think that's a reasonable proposition; I'm
> just having trouble following your paragraph.

replace "now" with "not" or perhaps "instead of being implemented as",
and it may become a bit easier to parse.

and yes, the proposition matches my experiences.  java heads prefer to do
everything in java, while us pythoneers happily mix and match whenever we
can...  (which is why guoy's "benchmarks" says so little about Python; if you
cannot use smart algorithms and extensions where appropriate, you're not
really using Python as it's supposed to be used)

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