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From: paul at prescod.net (Paul Prescod)
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:43:28 GMT
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Subject: Python IS slow ! [was] Re: Python too slow for real world
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References: <613145F79272D211914B0020AFF6401914DAD8@gandalf.digicool.com> <p5g15lmb35.fsf@bidra241.bbn.hp.com>
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Message-ID: <37272CA0.3F3F02A2@prescod.net>
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X-UID: 722
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Markus Kohler wrote:
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> You are right that one should choose the right tool for a problem, but
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> I disagree that Python is optimized for the general case. Squeak a free
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> Smalltalk implementation (www.squeak.org), is already much faster ( about
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> 3 times actually ) than python and it has even a true Garbage
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> Collector.
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This is a little off-topic but I'm curious whether squeak has an embedding
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API. Is there any languge that is as easy to embed as Python, and also has
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full garbage collection?
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--
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Paul Prescod - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
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http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco
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"Microsoft spokesman Ian Hatton admits that the Linux system would have
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performed better had it been tuned."
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"Future press releases on the issue will clearly state that the research
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was sponsored by Microsoft."
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/enterprise/1999/9904221410.asp
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