Actually Perl is not always faster

Posted May 29, 2006 16:45 UTC (Mon) by scottt (guest, #5028)
In reply to: The Python "Need for Speed" Sprint by k8to
Parent article: The Python "Need for Speed" Sprint

A microbenchmark comparing Perl and Python: Computer Language Shootout

Posted May 29, 2006 23:10 UTC (Mon) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

Actually beginning comments with "actually" is always slightly
bothersome.

Posted Jul 15, 2006 21:02 UTC (Sat) by Barry (guest, #39099) [Link]

There's some data based on the Computer Language Shootout at the bottom of this page.

On Debian : AMD Sempron, Python performed faster than Perl in 9 out of 15 benchmarks.

On Gentoo : Intel® Pentium® 4, Python performed faster than Perl in 13 out of 16 benchmarks.