[NMLUG] Python tight loop causing massive CPU barfage

[paul.tietjens at moriarty.k12.nm.us (Paul Tietjens)]

Steve Milo wrote:

>This sounds like a job for Perl, it was designed specifically for this kind 
>of task.  To parse large amounts of data. 
> 
>I believe python is designed for multiprocessing systems, things like 
>threading and clusters. 
> 
>Steve M 
> 
>On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:44:17 -0700, Paul Tietjens wrote 
>  
>

Sorry if this formmatted weird, trying to quote from a top-posted thread.

Yes, I believe Perl will be much faster - but only because it's IO stuff 
is supposedly more highly optimized than Pythons.

If I must, I can re-do the whole thing in another language, but at the 
moment, I have something that works, and needs ajustment.