some comments for Python 3000

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <EKGl5.78627$6y5.51901976 at news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>,
Rainer Deyke <root at rainerdeyke.com> wrote:
>"Courageous" <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:3996F17F.BE84F0CB at san.rr.com...
>>
>> Your average Python program is outperformed by C by 6:1 and
>> in some cases this is worse. It's an issue.
>
>Much worse, in fact.  In some cases, C outperforms Python by over 100:1.

So what?  I can also easily write a Python program that outperforms the
equivalent C program, given an equivalent amount of time to write that C
program.  *That's* the critical issue.
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