> It's a great marketing idea. There was a thread recently on Python-dev > that started with a message from Guido, where he talks about a > seemingly persistent perception that exists in the specialized press > regarding Python as a flexible, nice, but generally slow (or slower > than the alternatives) language.
Perception of the press: Python is "flexible, nice, but generally slow" Well, the snake mascot as drawn is, of course, very flexible, appears to be friendly, and is, well, just how fast is a big snake, esp. a python? It'll get there, slithering along, but it doesn't really conjure up a "beaming" between two galaxies in a nanosecond image. I like Monty (the snake), but perhaps there are liabilities arising from having a mascot (what is the mascot for C++?) Of course all those speed comparisons on the web don't help either. EP "Fast enough is only fast enough for today, not for tomorrow's possibilities. Network speeds will increase by a magnitude, ahead of processing power - then code execution speed will be a limiting factor." Oh, and while I'm wishing for the Moon, can I have a builtin Prolog/logic object. ;-) hey, Python is better than I deserve: mucho thanks to Guido and the core Pythonistas... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
