Is python faster than java?

[Emile van Sebille]

On 8/23/2009 12:47 PM Raimond Garcia said...
> I'm building a large application, 

What kind of application?

> kind of fancy python but I'm concerned 
> about speed.

Speed of what? Development? User interaction? Responsiveness to queries? 
Mostly, you should worry about speed later.  Writing it in python is 
probably faster than java.  Then optimize the slow bits once you've 
identified where its needed.

Emile