python performance

[Burkhard Kloss]

Speed is always a tricky issue - in my experience it's fast enough, but
YMMV.  I would recommend that you write as much as possible in Python to get
it working, then profile it and either improve the algorithms or rewrite low
level routines in C.  Lots of people seem to use this approach for numerical
stuff, and if that combination is fast enough for numerics it ought to be
fast enough for anything else as well.

HTH - Burkhard
> Can  anyone comment on the speed of Python programs under Windows?
>
> I am interested in using Python as a embedded game scripting language.
> Amongst other things, I want to doing AI, but not the low level routines
> like path finding.