Python is 60 times slower than Java

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3 pointsrsiqueira3 comments

The table is more interesting than the graph. Note that fortran takes only 0.6 times as long as the fastest C time.

Yes,

- and the source code for each of those programs is more interesting than just the measurements

- and understanding that some of those programs are written for multi-core and some are not is more interesting...

This bechmark uses the Mandelbrot calculation, that is finished in 30 seconds (Java) and about 30 minutes (Python version).