python speed

[bruno at modulix]

David Rasmussen wrote:
> Frithiof Andreas Jensen wrote:
> 
>>
>> From the speed requirement: Is that correspondance chess by any chance??
>>
> 
> Regular chess at tournament time controls requires speed too. Any pure
> Python chess program would lose badly to the best C/C++ programs out
> there now.
> 
> I would also like to see Half Life 2 in pure Python.

There's nothing like "pure" Python. Python depends on a lot of libs,
most of them being coded in C++ or C (or assembly FWIW). The common
scheme is to use Python for the logic and low-level libs for the
critical parts.

And FWIW, I'd like to see any similar game in "pure" Java !-)


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