They come out even in the computer language shootout: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&sort=fullcpu
(tied 8-8 in execution time, although perl wins 4-12 on memory consumption) Peace Bill Mill On 8/23/05, km <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > thing. If *all* your loops are going to do is print stuff, then you're > > doing the right thing with the version that "emits values". > > ya most of the loops print values. > > > know this). Since you haven't got any working code, it's not possible > > that you *need* whatever negligible speed difference there might be > > between Python and Perl. > > > > Python, don't let your first attempts at benchmarking dissuade you. > > Really, trust us. > > ya i do. > > > Python's strengths lie in four things: the readability of the code, the > > huge range of library modules available, the elegance of its object > > oriented constructs, and the helpfulness of its community. Raw speed is > > not one of its strengths, but there are tens of thousands of people > > using it quite effectively and without daily concern for its speed (same > > as Perl, by the way since, again, they are _not_ significantly different > > in speed no matter what an empty loop test shows). > > I agree that python emphasizes on readability which i didnt see in many of > the languages, but when the application concern is speed, does it mean that > python is not yet ready? even most of the googling abt python vs perl > convince me that perl is faster than python in most of the aspects. Also the > first thing any newbie to python asks me is abt "raw speed in comparison with > similar languages like perl" when i advocate python to perl. > > > regards, > KM > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
