Python's Performance

[Peter Hansen]

Harald Armin Massa wrote:
> """
> What is Python?
> 
> Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
> language. It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java.
> """
> taken from
> http://www.python.org/doc/Summary.html
> 
> maybe someone could update that???

Maybe we should add '''...for some definitions of "interpreted", 
"object-oriented", and perhaps even "interactive". '''

I've seen at least the first two debated endlessly here.

-Peter