I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered
the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination
of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files
included in the Windows version of Python distribution. I'm not sure
how much of the C-Python is implemented in C but I think the more
modules implemented in C, the better performance and lower memory
footprint it will get.
I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at
least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think
this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong
because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python
files are really a think wrapper. Anyhow, if would be ideal if Python
has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages.
Jack
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Jack <no****@invalid .comwrote:
>
I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered
the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination
of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files
included in the Windows version of Python distribution. I'm not sure
how much of the C-Python is implemented in C but I think the more
modules implemented in C, the better performance and lower memory
footprint it will get.
Prove it. ;-)
Seriously, switching to more C code will cause development to bog down
because Python is so much easier to write than C.
>I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at
least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think
this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong
because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python
files are really a think wrapper. Anyhow, if would be ideal if Python
has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages.
Could you provide some evidence that Python is slower than Java or PHP?
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Jack schrieb:
I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered
the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination
of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files
included in the Windows version of Python distribution. I'm not sure
how much of the C-Python is implemented in C but I think the more
modules implemented in C, the better performance and lower memory
footprint it will get.
I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at
least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think
this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong
because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python
files are really a think wrapper. Anyhow, if would be ideal if Python
has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages.
Writing everything in C might be possible - but is a daunting task & not
justified by the results. And wherever the standard libraries make use
of the flexibility of Python, it's questionable if there really was any
performance gain at all.
But what REALLY is questionable is the alleged performance advantage -
how do you back that up? According to the well-known (and surely
limited) computer language shootout http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp...t=all&lang=all
Python is roughly 25% faster than PHP. Granted, this is just one
benchmark, with questionable real-life relevance. But where do you get
the impression from that PHP is faster than Python then?
diez
>I'm not sure
how much of the C-Python is implemented in C but I think the more
modules implemented in C, the better performance and lower memory
footprint it will get.
Prove it. ;-)
I guess this is subjective :) - that's what I felt in my experience
with web applications developed in Python and PHP. I wasn't able to
find a direct comparison online.
Seriously, switching to more C code will cause development to bog down
because Python is so much easier to write than C.
I understand. Python modules implemented in Python - this is how
Python gets its really rich library.
>>I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at
least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think
this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong
because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python
files are really a thin wrapper. Anyhow, it would be ideal if Python
has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages.
Could you provide some evidence that Python is slower than Java or PHP?
I think most Java-Python benchmarks you can find online will indicate
that Java is a 3-10 times faster. A few here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ry/125789.html http://blog.snaplogic.org/?p=55
Here's an article that shows the new version of Ruby is
faster than Python in some aspects (they are catching up :) http://antoniocangiano.com/2007/11/2...s-python-away/
Jack wrote:
I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at
least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think
this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong
PHP is slower than Python.
That first article is five years old... I wouldn't give too much
weight to it.
Jack wrote:
I guess this is subjective :) - that's what I felt in my experience
with web applications developed in Python and PHP. I wasn't able to
find a direct comparison online.
Please compare the number of serious bugs and vulnerabilities in PHP and
Python.
I understand. Python modules implemented in Python - this is how
Python gets its really rich library.
Correct
Python code is much easier to write and multiple times easier to get
right than C code. Everybody with a few months of Python experience can
contribute to the core but it requires multiple years of C and Python
experience to contribute to the C implementation.
I think most Java-Python benchmarks you can find online will indicate
that Java is a 3-10 times faster. A few here:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ry/125789.html
http://blog.snaplogic.org/?p=55
There are lies, damn lies and benchmarks. :)
Pure Python code is not going to beat Java code until the Python core
gets a JIT compiler. If you want fair results you have to either
disable the JIT in Java or use Psyco for Python. Otherwise you are
comparing the quality of one language implementation to the quality of a
JIT compiler.
Here's an article that shows the new version of Ruby is
faster than Python in some aspects (they are catching up :)
http://antoniocangiano.com/2007/11/2...s-python-away/
The Ruby developers are allowed to be proud. They were able to optimize
some aspects of the implementation to get one algorithm about 14 times
faster. That's good work. But why was it so slow in the first place?
Nevertheless it is just one algorithm that beats Python in an area that
is well known to be slow. Python's numbers are several factors slower
than C code because the overhead of the dynamic language throws lots of
data out of the cache line. If you need fast and highly optimized int
and floating point operations you can rewrite the algorithm in C and
create a Python interface for it.
Jack wrote:
I guess this is subjective :) - that's what I felt in my experience
with web applications developed in Python and PHP. I wasn't able to
find a direct comparison online.
Please compare the number of serious bugs and vulnerabilities in PHP and
Python.
I understand. Python modules implemented in Python - this is how
Python gets its really rich library.
Correct
Python code is much easier to write and multiple times easier to get
right than C code. Everybody with a few months of Python experience can
contribute to the core but it requires multiple years of C and Python
experience to contribute to the C implementation.
I think most Java-Python benchmarks you can find online will indicate
that Java is a 3-10 times faster. A few here:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ry/125789.html
http://blog.snaplogic.org/?p=55
There are lies, damn lies and benchmarks. :)
Pure Python code is not going to beat Java code until the Python core
gets a JIT compiler. If you want fair results you have to either
disable the JIT in Java or use Psyco for Python. Otherwise you are
comparing the quality of one language implementation to the quality of a
JIT compiler.
Here's an article that shows the new version of Ruby is
faster than Python in some aspects (they are catching up :)
http://antoniocangiano.com/2007/11/2...s-python-away/
The Ruby developers are allowed to be proud. They were able to optimize
some aspects of the implementation to get one algorithm about 14 times
faster. That's good work. But why was it so slow in the first place?
Nevertheless it is just one algorithm that beats Python in an area that
is well known to be slow. Python's numbers are several factors slower
than C code because the overhead of the dynamic language throws lots of
data out of the cache line. If you need fast and highly optimized int
and floating point operations you can rewrite the algorithm in C and
create a Python interface for it.
"Jack" <no****@invalid .comwrote in message
news:G6******** *************** *******@comcast .com...
|I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered
| the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination
| of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files
| included in the Windows version of Python distribution.
About half or fewer are modules meant to be imported into programs. The
rest comprise utility programs and test programs. The core interpreter is
all C.
| because the core modules that matter are already in C
Correct. There are about 20 'builtin' modules written is C either because
they need low level access to the machine or for speed concerns. Third
party modules not included in the standard distribution but definitely part
of the Python universe are also a mix.
If people wrote everything in C for speed, there would be no need for
Python!!
And don't say that you want everyone else to write in C while you enjoy the
pleasures of Python ;-).
tjr
>I think most Java-Python benchmarks you can find online will indicate
that Java is a 3-10 times faster. A few here:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ry/125789.html
http://blog.snaplogic.org/?p=55
There are lies, damn lies and benchmarks. :)
Pure Python code is not going to beat Java code until the Python core
gets a JIT compiler. If you want fair results you have to either
disable the JIT in Java or use Psyco for Python. Otherwise you are
comparing the quality of one language implementation to the quality of a
JIT compiler.
The second articple does have a column for Psyco. It helps in some areas
but still not good enough to stand up against Java. Plus, Psyco is not the
main stream and has stopped development.
I'm also wondering, if Psyco is the right way to do, any reason it's not
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