On Nov 10, 8:16 am, John Nagle <na...@animats.com> wrote: > CPython is slow. It's a naive interpreter. There's > almost no optimization during compilation. Try PyPy > or Shed Skin.
Sometimes people need to understand the performance characteristics of CPython because it's what they have to use. Pointing them at alternative implementations isn't an answer. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list