why python is slower than java?

[Lonnie Princehouse]

Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> wrote in message news:<tyfbre62jgk.fsf at pcepsft001.cern.ch>...
> OK, how about this:
> 
>   C is faster than Java, and Python is just a wrapper around C, ergo
>   Python is faster than Java for all things.
> 
> :-) x 10


Works for me.   It should also be noted that Python is _way_ more
Pythonic than Java is.  :D