How Slow is Python?

We all know it is slower than C, Java, Rust, but just how slow?

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Just as I started thinking about this article, my Medium feed produces a joker post “Python isn’t actually slow” — I read it even though I knew it was not true and was just clickbait. When it comes to Python you are dealing with a snail, and while you can train the heck out of a snail you cannot escape its fundamental…