[NMLUG] Python tight loop causing massive CPU barfage

[slavik914 at mrbrklyn.com (Steve Milo)]

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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