Python too slow?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

George Sakkis a écrit :
> On Jan 10, 3:37 am, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> 
>> I fail to see how the existence of JIT compilers in some Java VM changes
>> anything to the fact that both Java (by language specification) and
>> CPython use the byte-code/VM scheme.
> 
> Because these "some Java VMs" with JIT compilers are the de facto
> standard used by millions; 

Repeating an argument doesn't make it more true nor more relevant. Once 
again, this doesn't change anything to the fact exposed above.

> the spec is pretty much irrelevant

I mentionned this because this kind of choice is usually not part of the 
language spec but of a specific implementation. Java is AFAIK the only 
language where this implementation stuff is part of the spec.

> (unless
> you're a compiler writer or language theorist).

I thought it was quite clear and obvious that I was talking about points 
relating to these fields.

> George