norseman wrote:
Of course each method has its time and place of use and Python has some
well oiled list search and list maintain routines of its own. List
comparisons are most accurate when using presorted ones. (Some things
don't lend themselves to sorting very well. Like paragraphs, books,
chapters, computer programs, manuals, etc... These need the searchers
(equivalent to the Unix diff) for checking equivalence.)
HTH
Steve
Thanks Steve for bringing up various items to consider for these sort
of tasks, very helpful indeed.
Best,
Esmail
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