IronPython vs CPython: faster in 1.6 times?

[Christian Heimes]

dmitrey wrote:
> Hi all,
> the url http://torquedev.blogspot.com/2008/02/changes-in-air.html
> (blog of a game developers)
> says IronPython is faster than CPython in 1.6 times.
> Is it really true?
> If yes, what are IronPython drawbacks vs CPython?
> And is it possible to use IronPython in Linux?

IronPython implements only a limited subset of Python. [1] All extension
that depend on a C code don't work under IronPython.

Christian

[1]
http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Differences&referringTitle=Home