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Which actually isn't damning of Python at all. Python has optimized for things other than speed. I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't choose a 1984 BASIC implement

by Wilduck 15y ago

Which actually isn't damning of Python at all. Python has optimized for things other than speed. I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't choose a 1984 BASIC implementation (on modern hardware) over Python for any of your projects. You can have a Better Language at no cost to performance.

tectonic 15y ago
True, I expect (but don't know for sure) that BASIC was actually highly optimized to be as fast as it was.
- bane 15y ago
  Well, it was also usually written in the local machine language as well.