And Python can be easily extended with C or even Assembly. Here's the story of the guy who successfully optimized web app bottlenecks in C: http://fi.am/entry/

And Python can be easily extended with C or even Assembly. Here's the story of the guy who successfully optimized web app bottlenecks in C: http://fi.am/entry/the-limits-of-django-the-answers/ http://fi.am/entry/the-limits-of-django-the-answers/