Python vs C vs (other) for fast embedded applications

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Like many others I am interested in the price performance ratio offered by B^3 compared to more simple SBC’s such as Arduino etc.

I see that Python has some good IO driver support already, but I’m not sure what exists for C programmers.

I’d like to try some audio frequency sampling and recording to SD card on B^3 and I’m not sure if I should try it in Python or would I be wasting my time? Would it be fast enough?

I don’t want to use off the shelf linux programs for this as I need to do other stuff during the recordings…

How are people getting on with accessing all the interesting hardware available on this board?

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the BBB runs Linux, so anything that runs on Linux should run on the BBB as well

. As an aside, apps written using a scripting language should be nearly if not as fast as their C counterparts. However, apps written in a scripting language ( Perl, python, C# etc ) Will almost always use more CPU to perform the same tasks.

Also B^3 take just as long or longer to type than BBB . . . help yourself by avoiding confusion. :).