Straw poll on Python performance (was Re: Python is far from a top performer ...)

[Jp Calderone]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:09:37PM -0500, Peter Hansen wrote:
> Iwan van der Kleyn wrote:
> > 
> > In other words: it would be nice if Python on average would run faster
> > so the need for optimisation would lessen. 
> 
> I disagree with the above.  My opinion has long been that Python runs 
> adequately fast and that few people should need to spend much time on 
> optimization.  Maybe that sort of view should be put to the test.
> 
> This is my "straw poll" question:
> 
>   Do you spend a "significant" amount of time actually optimizing your 
>   Python applications?  (Significant is here defined as "more than five
>   percent of your time", which is for example two hours a week in a 
>   40-hour work week.)
> 

  No.

  Jp