Is python very slow compared to C

[Michael Tobis]

> Read his post again. He didn't ask a specific question at all, and he certainly didn't mention execution speed.

agreed

> He asked a vague, meaningless question about whether Python was "slow compared to C".

No, that is both wrong and gratuitously harsh. He had heard vague
meaningless complaints about whether Python was "slow compared to C"
and asked us to "pinpoint the issue", i.e., to determine in what sense
the allegation might be true. That is a precise and meaningful question
and being asked in a commendable fashion.

mt