Eh. As a Python fanboy, a lot of his points are pretty weak. His examples of Python being fast includes libraries which call into non-Python code and a non-stan

Eh. As a Python fanboy, a lot of his points are pretty weak. His examples of Python being fast includes libraries which call into non-Python code and a non-standard implementation. Besides, there are way better links for pro-Python arguments. I would point to Norvig's spell-checker in 21 lines of Python for example (http://norvig.com/spell-correct.html http://norvig.com/spell-correct.html).