WHY is python slow?

[Martin von Loewis]

Steven Haryanto <steven at haryan.to> writes:

> Although it is generally accepted that Python is slower than
> Java/Perl/Ruby

I don't believe this is "generally" accepted; I don't accept it. In
fact, there are numerous examples where Python has been shown to work
faster than Java or Perl; I don't know about that many performance
comparisons between Ruby and Python to know which of these languages
is faster for what algorithms.

Regards,
Martin