Python Popularity: Questions and Comments

[Fredrik Juhlin]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:27:35PM +0100, Alex Martelli wrote:
> "Steve Lamb" <grey at despair.dmiyu.org> wrote in message
> news:slrna2nhfo.nme.grey at teleute.dmiyu.org...
> > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:48:13 +0000, phil hunt
> <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > > Python runs quickly on my 300 MHz box, which is 3 times slower
> > > than the slowest PC you can buy today. It can only get more popular.
> >
> >     Well, if you take the measure of just pure Mhz.... 4 times slower.  ;)
> 
> FIVE or more.  1.5 GHz desktop machines are hardly news these days.
I'm afraid you missed the word "slowest" in the original statement, Alex :)

/FJ