why is python slow?

[Erno Kuusela]

In article <B8AE231F.4AF0%pereira at cis.upenn.edu>, Fernando Pereira
<pereira at cis.upenn.edu> writes:

| Another reason is that a JIT compiler may not help Python as much as Java,
| because [...]

i think the last time there was an in-depth thread about this, many
people speculated that a jit compiler could infact help python a lot.
(perhaps a jit compiler can help java even more.)
smalltalk and self implementation techniques were discussed.

  -- erno