Why are operators faster than operators in Python? Is this normal in other languages, such as Java and C++?

Question

Hello!

Here's a Python time comparison between 8**8 and pow(8, 8):
https://code.sololearn.com/cDWpx57aj992/?ref=app

It shows, that 8**8 is 20–40 times faster than pow(8, 8). Operators are faster than named functions? Why?

Is it normal in other languages, such as Java and C++?

Answer 1

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20969773/exponentials-in-JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK-x-y-vs-math-powx-y#20970087

In general other languages like C++ are a lot faster than Python and also standard library functions usually have no measurable overhead. So this seems to be a Python specific problem.