Python too slow?

[Ross Ridge]

Bruno Desthuilliers <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr> wrote:
> And the reference implementation of Python (CPython) is not 
> interpreted, it's compiled to byte-code, which is then executed by a VM 
> (just like Java).
  
Ross Ridge a écrit :
> Python's byte-code interpreter is not "just like" Java's virtual machine.

Bruno Desthuilliers  <bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com> wrote:
>of course it's not "just like" - different languages, different 
>byte-codes, different implementations. What is "just like" is the 
>byte-code/VM scheme.

No the schemes aren't "just like" each other.  They perform much
differently.

> Thought this was obvious to anyone able to parse a simple sentence.

What's obvious is that you're lying.

>> You're deliberately trying to mislead people into thinking Python performs
>> similarily to Java.
>
>I don't know what you're smoking, but you should perhaps stop - because 
>this seems  to drive you into paranoïd delirium.

This isn't the first time you've tried to mislead people into
thinking Python's byte-code interpreter works just like Java's VM.
Your over-zealous Python advocacy is benefiting no one.  

						Ross Ridge

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