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| DATE | 2005-02-09 |
| FROM | From: "Steve Milo"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [NMLUG] Python tight loop causing massive CPU barfage
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Perl is optimized for processing data in large amounts, Python was designed
to be a threading/cluster language to handle pipes and processes.
The C library's involved play one part in the utilization of the languages.
But right now, like Paul said, he just needs to optimize what he has.
Steve M
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:20:05 -0700, Jack Moffitt wrote
> > Yes, I believe Perl will be much faster - but only because it's IO stuff
> > is supposedly more highly optimized than Pythons.
>
> I doubt this. They both use C-level stdio afaik.
>
> Python's biggest speed problem is in tight loops which make function
> calls. Can you eliminate one or two of those? Calling a function is
> pretty much the most expensive operation in the language.
>
> jack.
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