CPython vs. Jython/JPython

[Delaney, Timothy]

> Java isn't necessarily slower than C.  (I should expand that 
> a little:  Java *apps* aren't necessarily slower than C 
> *apps*)  There was an article published in the October 2000 

Oh - I know that. I've pushed Java for that very reason at some contracts.

However, it is a fact that JPython is considerably slower than CPython on
the same platform (don't have any stats to back me up here though ...).
Jython is at the moment probably fairly similar.

Tim Delaney
Avaya Australia