IronPython vs CPython: faster in 1.6 times?

[Steve Holden]

Jeff wrote:
> IronPython runs on top of .NET.  I would be suspect of any claims that
> it is faster than cPython, just as I would of claims that Stackless or
> Jython are faster.

Well don't be. There are benchmarks that clearly show IronPython as 
faster for selected tests. Other tests show CPython running more quickly.

As always, a benchmark is only really valuable on a typical workload for 
the intended application.

regards
  Steve
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