Python is slow

[cm_gui]

i am not comparing Python with C or C++ which are of course
compiled languages.

if there is any consolation to Python lovers here, Python is still
faster than Microsoft ASP/ASPX.

i'm not trying to 'troll' here.   it's not just me.
many have complained that python is slow.   python websites are slow.

if python is such a good programming/scripting language,
why can't they build a faster interpreter/compiler engine?
and beat php and zend.
to the python team, rebuild your interpreter!


torontolife.com is slow.

okay, maybe Python is only slightly slower than PHP,
but it APPEARS to be much slower.
there is a distinct waiting time whenever you access a python web page
before the page starts loading.  but once it loads, it is fast.
php page starts loading immediately once you access it,
but you can see the page slowly loading.
because you see the page starts loading immediately, you feel it is
fast.



On May 22, 10:04 am, Mike Driscoll <kyoso... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 22, 11:14 am, cm_gui <cmg... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Pythonisslow.    Almost all of the web applications written in
> >Pythonareslow.   Zope/Plone isslow, sloow, so very slooow.  Even
> > Google Apps is not faster.   Neither is Youtube.
> > Facebook and Wikipedia (Mediawiki), written in PHP, are so much faster
> > thanPython.
> > Okay, they probably use caching or some code compilation -- but Google
> > Apps and those Zope sites probably also use caching.
>
> > I've yet to see a web application written inPythonwhich is really
> > fast.
>
> What abouthttp://www.torontolife.com/? It uses Django...
>
> Mike