From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-09-24T16:48:13+09:00
Subject: Re: This is why Ruby 1.8.6 can never be made to run anywhere near as fast as Python 2.5.1

Michael T. Richter wrote:
<snip>
> Let me give you a little secret: the troll knows all your countering 
> arguments.  In another forum, under a different name, the troll is using 
> those very same arguments to tweak the noses of other people and make 
> them "dance to his strings".  The only winning move, as the old movie 
> goes, is not to play the game.

Normally I'd agree with you, but this post does seem to be the product 
of some honest investigation: 
http://objectmix.com/python/208141-i-could-use-some-help-making-python-code-run-faster-using-only-python-code.html

-- 
Alex