Slawomir Nowaczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #> Lisp interpreters are several orders of magnitude faster than Python, > #> and Lisp compilers are faster yet. Speed's not the most important > #> thing, but it is _an_ important thing; all other things being equal, > #> the faster solution is better. > > Sure. But in 20-30 years, Python might get there.
I think compiled "Python" code may get as Lisp code sooner than that, but I put "Python" in quotes because I think the language is going to have to diverge somewhat from the current dialect to get that level of performance. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
