VW Smalltalk versus Python 3 fastest programs Always look at the source code. These are only the fastest programs. Look at the other programs. They may seem more-like a fair comparison to you. spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 33.65 246,512 1047 111.23 80% 82% 84% 85% Python 3 170.10 49,484 417 670.83 99% 98% 98% 99% n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 199.03 54,988 1782 202.03 1% 91% 9% 1% Python 3 891.12 8,416 1196 924.03 1% 53% 47% 2% binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 32.55 375,964 930 83.17 73% 64% 58% 61% Python 3 80.82 448,104 589 288.23 91% 88% 91% 86% mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 168.51 178,660 929 582.35 87% 96% 75% 88% Python 3 263.87 48,268 688 1,054.07 100% 100% 100% 100% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 48.54 55,108 1539 53.76 40% 0% 65% 5% Python 3 63.63 841,056 1947 127.80 58% 61% 44% 37% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 714.56 55,020 916 722.40 0% 100% 0% 1% Python 3 494.58 47,432 950 1,956.79 98% 99% 98% 100% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 15.22 55,620 753 15.31 0% 0% 100% 0% Python 3 2.39 12,200 567 2.55 64% 37% 5% 1% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk 651.32 381,100 1317 659.29 1% 13% 87% 1% Python 3 72.58 183,484 1967 276.33 95% 95% 94% 97% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load VW Smalltalk Bad Output Python 3 16.41 1,772,696 434 17.57 1% 78% 28% 0% regex-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load No program contribute your program Python 3 2.67 111,864 1403 4.86 87% 30% 29% 35% VW Smalltalk VisualWorks® 8.3 Aug 19 2017 Python 3 Python 3.8.0 all VW Smalltalk programs & measurements all Python 3 programs & measurements