Is python really slow?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Bjorn> I'm not a Perl expert, but from what I hear it is considerably
    Bjorn> harder to extend/embed Perl (someone please correct me if I'm
    Bjorn> wrong <wink>).

I've heard that interfacing Perl & C is challenging.  Still, there is
Inline::C. 

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