Python Speed Question and Opinion

[Irmen de Jong]

Maboroshi wrote:


> In my opinion  Python is the best language there is and I love it. The
> reason for me asking these questions was because I saw a lot of people
> trying to compare python to C and I had to find out what the big deal was
> and why C would be a faster language - I like to know how things work -


I have taken the liberty of taking a few of the comments made
in this thread and writing them down here:
http://www.razorvine.net/python/PythonSpeed
I've added a few other things related to Python's performance,
such as a short reference to Psyco.


--Irmen de Jong.