WHY is python slow?

[John J. Lee]

On 12 Jun 2001, David LeBlanc wrote:

> In article <mailman.991956855.5206.python-list at python.org>,
> tim.one at home.com says...
> <snip>
> > C++ adds nothing to C that can't be done just as well with
> > preprocessor macros,
> <snip>
> > there's-no-accounting-for-mass-delusion-ly y'rs  - tim
[...]
> Aside from massive code bloat and agonizingly slow compiles, there are
> just some things in C++ that cannot be expressed using the C
> preprocesser.

I think you missed the flashing 'sarcasm' sign.


John