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Re:Why Python is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (2014) by jack9 on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:47PM (#15560609)
> You're the one who invoked "scripting" out of the blue.

Not at all. It naturally follows from the incorrect assertion that

> > PHP is no one's standard for "fast".

except within a set of constraints...like scripting languages (of which the pointless bikeshedding often and has occurred).

> There's no reason to artificially limit the conversation to scripting languages,

You've just decided to derail a discussion of a finer point and claim it's in the interest of the main conversation because it's not the main discussion. I can only assume is that you like to argue and had nothing better to do. Good Luck with that.

Re:Why Python is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (2014) by weberc2 on Friday October 27, 2017 @08:43AM (#15567734)
You introduced an arbitrary, irrelevant constraint as though it was the only valid criterion and got called on it. No need to be sore about it.