Re: Learning Python the quick way

2009-04-25 Thread Esmail
Thanks Tim, Esmail -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learning Python the quick way

2009-04-25 Thread Tim Chase
Esmail wrote: Tim Chase wrote: However the first rule: profile first! Do you have a favorite profiling tool? What should someone new to Python (but not programming) use? I personally use the cheapo method of dropping in a few "print" statements to dump where I currently am in the app, and

Re: Learning Python the quick way

2009-04-25 Thread Esmail
Tim Chase wrote: 2) if it's slow, profile it and check your algorithm(s), recoding if you're using some algorithm with a bad big-oh profile <..> However the first rule: profile first! Tim, Do you have a favorite profiling tool? What should someone new to Python (but not programming)

Re: Learning Python the quick way

2009-04-25 Thread Lie
On Apr 25, 11:13 am, mercur...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have decided to learn Python a little more than I already do. But I > found few problems, > > I am not sure what will happen if I do the programing in python the > find the program > doesn't deliver the desired performance due to

Re: Learning Python the quick way

2009-04-25 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
mercur...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi guys, I have decided to learn Python a little more than I already do. Very good! But I found few problems, I am not sure what will happen if I do the programing in python the find the program doesn't deliver the desired performance due to lack of a good com

Re: Learning Python the quick way

2009-04-24 Thread Tim Chase
I am not sure what will happen if I do the programing in python the find the program doesn't deliver the desired performance due to lack of a good compiler. I've rarely found this to be a problem unless you're doing CPU-intensive work. However, the usual workflow involves: 1) code it in Pyt