On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:42:47 +0000, BartC wrote: > On 12/03/2016 15:30, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 2:12 AM, BartC <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > >>> However, I was going to revise my benchmark to use strings instead of >>> integers, to show how much slower they would be. But the program was >>> 10% faster with strings! > >>> So there's something funny going on. Either string operations are >>> super-fast or integer operations are somehow crippled. Or maybe there >>> so many other overheads, that the difference between strings and ints >>> is lost. > >> Or maybe they're all actually *object* comparisons, > > Yeah, that explains it! > > and what you know >> about assembly language has no relationship to what's going on here. >> This is why we keep advising you to get to know *Python*, > > I'm not sure /my/ knowing Python better is going to help it get any > faster. > how will you konw untill you start writing python rather than C or assembler?
> I discovered something that might be a clue to what's going on, but > you're content to just brush it under the carpet. > > OK. -- Caf'e Minimalism: To espouse a philosophy of minimalism without actually putting into practice any of its tenets. -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list