Is python very slow compared to C

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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> bonono at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I can speak the same about Python if I view it from a prototype based
> > perspective, where one get them for free in Lua but need to implement
> > them in Python.
>
> Sure. And if you need prototypes, then all else being
> equal that would be a disadvantage of Python compared
> to Lua.
>
> On the other hand, I'd suggest that far more
> programmers are familiar with classes than prototypes,
> regardless of any objective advantages or disadvantages
> of one over the other. Perhaps that's one of the
> reasons why Lua is lacking the market penetration of
> Python: programmers may look at it and say "No classes?
> Prototyping? WTF is that? I don't have time to learn
> something so different, better stick to languages which
> have a smaller learning curve."

The "=" operator in Python is also quite different from many language
people had experience like C or VB etc. And using the same argument,
everyone may still be programming in COBOL now.

And if we use market penetration as measure, Perl seems to be easier
for people ?