Investigation: downsides of being generic and correct

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-05-16 21:54, Walter Bright wrote:

> We should also be aware that while Python code itself is slow, its
> library functions are heavily optimized C code. So, if the benchmark
> consists of calling a Python library function, it'll run as fast as any
> optimized C code.

But someone using Python won't care about that. Most of them will think 
they just use Python and have no idea there's optimized C code under the 
hood.

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/Jacob Carlborg