[gcp]

Not knowing ActionScript, the point seems to boil down to no more than "statically typed languages will always be faster than dynamic ones". This is true no matter what, "open source brain" can't fix that.

However, one could make the same argument for C++: Why Python is not a worthy competitor. Sounds silly? It is, just like the original post.

[VMG]

> However, one could make the same argument for C++: Why Python is not a worthy competitor. Sounds silly? It is, just like the original post.

Not quite. Nobody claims that python will completely eliminate the need for C++, but there are people claiming that JS will replace flash.

[angelbob]

They actually have various ways to compile Python. So that's an especially apt comparison :-)