Comparing Python to various other languages:

Full Treatments:

• PythonVsHaskell

• PythonVsNice

• PythonVsJava

External Articles:

• Several: Lutz Prechelt's article [http://www.ipd.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/ An Empirical Comparison of C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Rexx, and Tcl for a Search/String-Processing Program] is a little old ((c) 2000), but it is REAL RESEARCH, comparing productivity and program performance for 80 different implementations of the same requirements, in 7 languages.

• Several: Guido's essay [http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons.html Comparing Python to Other Languages] is quite old (1997).

• Several: GlyphLefkowitz wrote, and MikeConnell updated some very simple [http://www.flat222.org/mac/bench/ performance benchmarks]. Since 2002 this is no longer being updated.

• Perl: In [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3882 Why Python] Eric Raymond describes how he discovered Python, how it compares to Perl, and why he was impressed.

• Perl: The humorous [http://www.python.org/doc/Humor.html#yoda Python vs. Perl according to Yoda].

• Lisp: Peter Norvig wrote [http://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html Python for Lisp Programmers] which includes a feature-by-feature comparison.

• Scheme: Moshe Zadka has written [http://www.python.org/doc/pythonVSscheme.html a brief outline of the differences between Python and Scheme].

• Tcl: Frank Stajano's paper, [http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/stajano/stajano.html Implementing the SMS server, or why I switched from Tcl to Python], was presented at the [http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/ Seventh Internation Python Conference] (in 1998). (Also available in [http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~fms27/papers/tr-1998-9.pdf PDF].)

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