On 9 Des, 23:34, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nevertheless it is just one algorithm that beats Python in an area that > is well known to be slow. Python's numbers are several factors slower > than C code because the overhead of the dynamic language throws lots of > data out of the cache line. If you need fast and highly optimized int > and floating point operations you can rewrite the algorithm in C and > create a Python interface for it.
Lisp is a dynamically typed language. CMUCL can compete with Fortran for numerical work. SBCL can compete with the Java server VM. If the current CPython VM throws data out of the cache line, then it must be a design flaw in the VM. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
