psyco, jython, and python speed tests

[Courageous]

>This is unjustifiably glib.  Lots of programs don't need to run fast.
>Some programs do need to run fast.  Some programs justify significant
>work to get them to run fast.  Accelerating Python is a good thing not
>because of "so-called 'performance issues", but because in some cases,
>there really *are* performance issues that rule Python out.

Indeed; and believe it or not, there are even some environments
where writing external C doesn't solve the problem either.

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