Rory Mcguire: > Takes 5m26.776s in Python. > Takes 0m1.008s in Java. (I suggest you to round away milliseconds, they are never significant in such benchmarks.) Python 2.7 uses its GC a bit better, so it can be a bit faster. Your Java code has run four times slower than my slow PC, that's a lot. In Java have you used the -server switch?
Bye, bearophile
