Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood

Re:Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood by mahouse on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:22PM (#8626438)

I don't understand why is it compared to C, when it can be compared to Perl or PHP, which are also dynamically typed, interpreted, etc, but much faster.

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Re:Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood by masklinn on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:49PM (#8626577)

1. Because TFA is about scientific computing

2. And in that context (and most others), the difference between Perl, PHP and CPython is basically non-existent, you might get 2x on one bench, half on the other

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