>> I'm not sure >>how much of the C-Python is implemented in C but I think the more >>modules implemented in C, the better performance and lower memory >>footprint it will get. > > Prove it. ;-)
I guess this is subjective :) - that's what I felt in my experience with web applications developed in Python and PHP. I wasn't able to find a direct comparison online. > Seriously, switching to more C code will cause development to bog down > because Python is so much easier to write than C. I understand. Python modules implemented in Python - this is how Python gets its really rich library. >>I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at >>least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think >>this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong >>because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python >>files are really a thin wrapper. Anyhow, it would be ideal if Python >>has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages. > > Could you provide some evidence that Python is slower than Java or PHP? I think most Java-Python benchmarks you can find online will indicate that Java is a 3-10 times faster. A few here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-January/125789.html http://blog.snaplogic.org/?p=55 Here's an article that shows the new version of Ruby is faster than Python in some aspects (they are catching up :) http://antoniocangiano.com/2007/11/28/holy-shmoly-ruby-19-smokes-python-away/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
