Python is slow

[Grant Edwards]

On 2008-05-23, RPM1 <rpm9deleteme at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Larry Bates wrote:
>> If your Python program is slow, you have almost assuredly
>> approached it with a wrong method or algorithm.
>
> I agree for most applications.  There are however times where
> Python just isn't fast enough, and that's usually when people
> write extension modules.

Writing an extension modules is probably pretty far down the
list.  What usually happens is people

 a) Figure out they're using the wrong algorithm

 b) Find the library module that already does the "bottleneck"
    operations. 

-- 
Grant