Is Python really slow?

[ben at co.and.co]

Alexander <alecdem at mit.edu> wrote:
> Makhno wrote:
> 
>> >I have implemented  loop in Python
>> >
>> >for k in xrange(1,100000000):
>> >   pass
>>
>> Does xrange create an array of numbers 1...1e8?
> 
> Yes, it does
> 
No, it doesn't.

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