Python future performance and speed

[Dieter Maurer]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes on 21 Aug 2004 20:59:35 -0700:
> ...
> Well, whenever I want to write a mainstream application and think of
> using Python, my first reaction is that Python is too slow...

Maybe, you should drain your reactions :-)

  About 18 months ago, I proposed to implement an SGML/XML
  based content management system in Zope/Python
  because the company went bankrupt that
  had offered a similar C++ based system we were relying upon.

  Many of my colleagues objected because they thought Python
  were too slow.

  The Zope/Python CMS is now almost ready -- it is much faster
  than its C++ counterpart. Not because Python is faster than C++
  but because a Python application is far easier to tailor
  and to tweak for efficiency than a C++ one (and because
  we avoided known design flaws in the C++ system).

Dieter