Is python very slow compared to C

[Steven D'Aprano]

bonono at gmail.com wrote:

> I can speak the same about Python if I view it from a prototype based
> perspective, where one get them for free in Lua but need to implement
> them in Python.

Sure. And if you need prototypes, then all else being 
equal that would be a disadvantage of Python compared 
to Lua.

On the other hand, I'd suggest that far more 
programmers are familiar with classes than prototypes, 
regardless of any objective advantages or disadvantages 
of one over the other. Perhaps that's one of the 
reasons why Lua is lacking the market penetration of 
Python: programmers may look at it and say "No classes? 
Prototyping? WTF is that? I don't have time to learn 
something so different, better stick to languages which 
have a smaller learning curve."



-- 
Steven.