While Python beats Java at a lot of things, that wasn't the point. The point was, a badly written Java program can beat a badly written C++ program, because th

While Python beats Java at a lot of things, that wasn't the point. The point was, a badly written Java program can beat a badly written C++ program, because the Java optimiser is more robust against stupid decisions by the programmer. PyPy might make your point correct though. While PyPy will never beat well-written C++ (at least, not in the foreseeable future), it might start beating badly written C++.