Is python very slow compared to C

[Peter Hansen]

PA wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2006, at 06:44, bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>And if we use market penetration as measure, Perl seems to be easier
>>for people ?
> 
> 
> Perl: Shell scripts/awk/sed are not enough like programming languages.
> 
> Python: Perl is a kludge.
> 
> "What Languages Fix"
> http://www.paulgraham.com/fix.html

Cute.  He's missing Assembly language though:

Assembly language: My fingers are numb.

;-)