Is Python slow? Why so popular nowadays?

aurel only thing is your guys argument is semantics,  your arguing a very narrow scope but are still correct in a way, he is arguing a very broad scope and is correct in a way.  

Your talking about specific things Python that can be slow and he is saying a lot of it isn't using the extensible nature that makes Python what it is.  

Being open minded wins the day, looking at things from only your point of view makes it hard to get someone else to see your way  

How was my defence unnecesary if you still think that:

a) I was talking only about using external libraries/modules. No, I was talking about simple for loop, as well
b) Aurel is right

Instead of assuming and trying to reduce speed of languages to a matter of taste, I run a simple test. Aurel's code, but a bit longer loop:

Python:

r = 0
for x in range(1, 1000000):
r = r + x
print r


248 ms. on my laptop

Perl:

for (my $x = 1; $x < 999999; $x++) {
$r = $r + $x;
}
print $r;


227 ms. on my laptop

Yabasic:


r = 0
for x = 1 to 999999
r = r + x
next
print r


299 ms. on my Laptop

So,

1. Perl
2. Python
3. Yabasic

So, your "you're guys both right" theory is well... not true. Of course, you can keep laughing, saying how unnecesary my defence was and you can even radicule the problem of programming languages speed (which is in fact quite importand matter), but at the end we still have me pointing to A FACT (proven above) vs your full of "ifs", "buts" and "maybes" theory that with every single post makes this simple matter more and more absurd. It's fascinating that after several examples of code you still tend to agree with Aurel and not with me.

nOOb, I need to disagree with you, again. Python is not a great language. It's popular, gets the job done, has plenty of useful libraries, but it's not great. Of course, it's my opinion only, because, contrary to programming languages speed, this is, in fact, a matter of personal preferences.

Yes I believe it was unnecessary, and that's about it. When someone gets triggered it's best to step away, I was just trying to play peacekeeper but that went awry, so I apologize.

Sidenote: I wonder how many people use GDScript in GODOT since it's so python like.

thanks tomek on testing
i was suspect that Perl would be the fastest
In fact Perl is faster of 3 scripting langs
Perl
Python
Ruby
Also Perl is the only one which have native binding to windows api.It is oldest.
Tomaaz you said on your laptop which is on Linux ..right?
I think thst results are slightly different on Windows.

YaBasic ...hmm what to say it is not very fast interpreter,i think because is written with yacc/bisson help " src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/angry.png">
sourcee code is a such a mess.
For other better basic bytecode interpreters i really doubt that python can beat 
FBSL
ThinBasic
and even i think that is slower than JustBasic/LibertyBasic
of course there is a EdDavis toy which i tested long time ago and he also which is 5 times faster than python
to not forget Euphoria (which by the way is not basic but is really fast)

nooB said ..speed is not kinda important  and C/C++ is the way 

don't forget assembler

i remember very well dialect called myBasic written in assembly ( not one created by Wang- on which allegro basic is build)

it is ultra fast and can beat most of other bytecode interpreters.  

Tomek
I need to know some facts

1.Do you test it on Windows or on Linux?

2.which Python version you use 2... or 3... ?

3.Is your lap 32 bit or 64 bit ?

I can try run your test in python but i must found it first
i think that i have 2.7

but that is just a if you wish and if you have time ...so nothing special