From: tjreedy at udel.edu (Terry Reedy)
Date: 7 Apr 1999 02:36:02 GMT
Subject: Xbase++ preprocessor implementation in Python
References: <37097A3A.F772205@magna.com.au>
Message-ID: <7eegai$3ak$1@news.udel.edu>
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In article <37097A3A.F772205 at magna.com.au>, garys at magna.com.au says...

>Attached please find a Python implementation of the Xbase++ preprocessor. 
...
>Oh, and it is *dead slow*! - hundreds of times slower I think!
...

I do not know re's well enough to comment on whether they can be rewritten 
to run faster.  I believe there is a python profiler which might give 
indications on where to start to speed things up.

Terry J. Reedy





