Python versus Perl ?

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> m" <m at m.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>If Python is better than Perl, I'm curious how really significant
>>>>those advantages are ?
>>
>> speedwise, i think perl is faster than python and python performed the slowest as shown in 
>> http://www.flat222.org/mac/bench/
> 
> if you use Python mostly to write empty loops, your programming license
> should be revoked.  the benchmark author seems to have realized that, as
> can be seen from the "it's dead" paragraph at the top of the page, which
> makes me wonder why you posted this link...

Especially when you read

"""
I found the performance of Python for these benchmarks really surprising
as it is at odds to my everyday experience.
"""

you will seriously think about the benchmark's significance.

Reinhold