python simply not scaleable enough for google?

[Paul Rubin]

Aaron Watters <aaron.watters at gmail.com> writes:
> ... and I still have an issue with the whole "Python is slow"
> meme.  The reason NASA doesn't build a faster Python is because
> Python when augmented with FORTRAN libraries...

Do you think that numerics is the only area of programming where users
care about speed?

> And when someone implements a Mercurial replacement in GO (or C#
> or Java) which is faster and more useful than Mercurial, I'll
> be very impressed. 

What about Git?  Some people prefer it.