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Re:BIPLAN looks to be 1370 times faster than Python by necovek on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:14AM (#26213215)
Well, Python is not known for its speed (even among established interpreted languages), and a couple of design choices make it have a pretty heavy overhead.

Still, a toy language focusing on a particular benchmark can most likely easily beat any other high-level language.

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Re:BIPLAN looks to be 1370 times faster than Python by gioscarab on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:29AM (#26213296)
>Still, a toy language...

Not sure what is the effective definition of "toy language".

>...focusing on a particular benchmark can most likely easily beat any other high-level language.

I was just curious to understand the performance difference so I have tried fib(40) on both BIPLAN and python side.

How can python be THAT slow? It is a huge waste of energy and people's time.

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