[Python-Dev] 2.4 news reaches interesting places

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:55:59PM -0500, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> * Have python.org prominently feature an article of Python's use in
> high-performance environments.  IIRC, somebody wrote a realtime voice
> over internet system and found that with good design, there was no speed
> issue.  Also, the cellphone apps may make a good example.

   +Games.

> * Python's website has traditionally been self-centered, leaving others
> to have to make the case for their own products.  Perhaps, it is time to
> change that.  Those who really care about speed cannot make a balanced
> decision about Python without considering psyco, pyrex, numpy, and the
> like as part of the total development environment.

   That's overreaction, I think. People always say this and that about
python - python is slow, and python is not like java, and python does
not have static type checks... And what? Should the webmasters adapt the
site to every complain?

Oleg.
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