[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have just started to learn python. Some said that its slow. Can > somebody pin point the issue. > > Thans > "Some" doesn't know what he/she/they are talking about. Generalizations like that upset me because it shows someone that has some predisposition to some other language and they don't want to be confused by "facts". Many "compiled language" programmers fall into this category. Many times you can write, debug, execute, and document a Python program before "compiled language" guys can even get started. Many believe that Python is also more maintainable over time. When you come back to it in 6 months you will ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO READ THE CODE. Productivity cannot be measured by benchmarks alone.
Give Python a try and I'll bet you find that it is fast enough (that's all that is important right) for all but device drivers and highly scientific applications (and even then there are solutions). The parts of Python that need to be fast have been rewritten as binary libraries. That way you get the best of both worlds: high level language that has fast libraries when required. -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
