[Python-Dev] FAT Python (lack of) performance

[Sven R. Kunze]

I completely agree with INADA.

It's like saying, because a specific crossroad features a higher 
accident rate, *people need to change their driving behavior*.
*No!* People won't change and it's not necessary either. The crossroad 
needs to be changed to be safer.


Same goes for Python. If it's slow using the very same piece of code 
(even superficially), you better make the language faster.
Developers won't change and they won't change their code either. Just 
not necessary.


Btw. it would be a great feature for Python 3 to be faster than Python 
2. I've heard a lot of complaints of the scientific community that 
Python is slow. Would Python 3 be significantly faster than Python 2, 
that'll be a huge reason to upgrade (and would create pressure to 
upgrade libs as well).
They are satisfied with Python so far, but would there be a language 
equally readable/maintainable and 10x faster (of course proven by some 
weird micro benchmarks - incomprehensible to most nervous subscribers to 
this list), they would readily switch over. I for one hope that *Python 
itself will be that language* in the foreseeable future. This is some 
sort of marketing but also requires hard facts indeed.

Best,
Sven

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