Python is slow

[inhahe]

"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message 
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> "inhahe" <inhahe at gmail.com> writes:
>> planets are spherical (all implementations of Python are not natively
>> compiled (and you said for whatever definition)), and b) It's a far cry 
>> to
>> imagine a planet coming into being that's not spherical (a language as
>> dynamic as Python, or most other scripting languages, would be either
>> extremely difficult or impossible to make a native compiler for).
>
> There are native Python compilers, see psyco and pypy.

That does complicate the question since there are 4 levels of executing code

interpreted
bytecode-compiled-interpreted
jit-complied
natively compiled

i've tried psyco a few times and never noticed much of a speed increase.  if 
any.
and then on the other hand, .net is supposed to be almost as fast as C 
because of its JIT. but the whole issue of the speed of .net seems to be 
enshrouded in mystery, so who knows.