[olpc-software] sugar - patch

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:14:43PM +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> On 6/7/06, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> >Most parts of it will be, in all likelihood.
> 
> OK, I ask for the usual performance related reasons. Python and
> super-efficient aren't terms I see often together.

Its really a tradeoff - Python is a really very good language for rapid
development - the 'Visual Basic' of OSS world - with the added benefit of
being a serious programming language. Its 'fast enough' for the most part,
and you have the option to re-code any problem areas in C (via Pyrex).


Dan.
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