On Dec 9, 3:23 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered > >the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination > >of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files > >included in the Windows version of Python distribution. 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. ;-) > > Seriously, switching to more C code will cause development to bog down > because Python is so much easier to write than C. > > >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 think wrapper. Anyhow, if 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? > -- > Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > > "Typing is cheap. Thinking is expensive." --Roy Smith
I'd like to provide some evidence that Python is *faster* than Java. EVE online...emulate that in JAVA please. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
