From: aahz at netcom.com (Aahz Maruch)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:01:17 GMT
Subject: Python too slow for real world
References: <372068E6.16A4A90@icrf.icnet.uk> <y0jaevznhha.fsf@vier.idi.ntnu.no> <glmvhemn4zx.fsf@caffeine.mitre.org> <37215EFB.433AFCA6@prescod.net>
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In article <37215EFB.433AFCA6 at prescod.net>,
Paul Prescod  <paul at prescod.net> wrote:
>Justin Sheehy wrote:
>>
>>> (And... How about builtin regexes in P2?) 
>>
>> In all seriousness, what reason do you have for making that
>> suggestion?  I am willing to believe that there might be a good reason
>> to do so, but it certainly isn't immediately obvious.
>
>One benefit would be that the compiler could compile regexps at the same
>time everything else is being compiled.

<shrug>  If you really care and if you're going to run the same program
multiple times, just use pickle.
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