[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Isaac Gouy wrote: > > > Which stated "Python is doing the heavy lifting with GMPY which is a > > compiled C program with a Python wrapper" - but didn't seem to compare > > that to GMPY with a Java wrapper? > > You are missing the main idea: Java is by design a general purpose > programming language. That's why all "GMPYs" and alike are written in > Java - now wrappers to C-libraries. Python, by design, is glue > language. Python program is assembly of C extensions and buildins > wrapped in Python sintax. > > IHMO "real life" benchmark yuo are critisizing represents real life > situation.
"1.1.3 What is Python good for? Python is a high-level general-purpose programming language that can be applied to many different classes of problems." http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general.html#what-is-python-good-for -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
