Fredrik Lundh wrote: > m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>If Python is better than Perl, I'm curious how really significant >>>>those advantages are ? >> >> speedwise, i think perl is faster than python and python performed the >> slowest as shown in >> http://www.flat222.org/mac/bench/ > > if you use Python mostly to write empty loops, your programming license > should be revoked. the benchmark author seems to have realized that, as > can be seen from the "it's dead" paragraph at the top of the page, which > makes me wonder why you posted this link...
Especially when you read """ I found the performance of Python for these benchmarks really surprising as it is at odds to my everyday experience. """ you will seriously think about the benchmark's significance. Reinhold -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list