Python and STL efficiency

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    >> Yes it is. But of course you can't sat that "Python is faster than
    >> C++".

    Harald> Of course not. Python is faster then assembler. Proofed @
    Harald> EuroPython 2006 in CERN, near the LHC Beta, in the same room
    Harald> many Nobel laurates gave their presentations before.

Harald, do you have a reference to a talk abstract or a paper?

Thx,

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