Writing off a language on the basis of a single flavor of benchmark yielding modest time differences isn't really sensible. In the vast majority of cases finding a language you are comfortable using and that does what you need fast enough to suit the task at hand is much more important than finding a tool that runs a specific task a little faster.

Note that "comfortable using" extends beyond just you sitting in a dark room coding. It extends to being able to get help when you need it. For that, Perl and PerlMonks leads the field. Sure, there are sites like Stack Overflow, but I haven't found a PerlMonks equivalent site for any other language.

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond

In reply to Re^2: Python regex faster than Perl? by GrandFather
in thread Python regex faster than Perl? by dave93

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