On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:26:12 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 03/17/2016 09:36 AM, Charles T. Smith wrote: > >> Yes, your point was to forgo REs despite that they are useful. >> I could have thought the search would have been better as: >> >> 'release[-.:][Rr]eq' >> >> or something else ... you're in a "defend python at all costs!" mode. > > No, I'm in the "don't try to write <language X> in Python" mode, and > "don't use 10lb sledge when 6oz hammer will do" mode:
Yes, fine. I'd only like to add that the perl numbers might also improve if the print in the loop were postponed. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list