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From: JamesL at Lugoj.Com (James Logajan)
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:59:34 -0700
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Subject: Python too slow for real world
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References: <372068E6.16A4A90@icrf.icnet.uk> <3720A21B.9C62DDB9@icrf.icnet.uk> <3720C4DB.7FCF2AE@appliedbiometrics.com> <3720C6EE.33CA6494@appliedbiometrics.com> <y0jaevznhha.fsf@vier.idi.ntnu.no> <glmvhemn4zx.fsf@caffeine.mitre.org> <37215EFB.433AFCA6@prescod.net> <roy-2404991257450001@mc-as01-p63.med.nyu.edu> <3724B2D6.B468687A@prescod.net> <roy-2604991601410001@qwerky.med.nyu.edu>
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Message-ID: <37252816.42634501@Lugoj.Com>
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X-UID: 1443
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Roy Smith wrote:
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[elided]
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> I hope this doesn't sound as bad as I fear it might, but part of being a
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> good programmer (or at least a good computer scientist) is to understand
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> performance issues like this.
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[elided]
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I disagree with the assumption behind that statement. The assumption Roy
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makes is that only trained programmers or computer scientists will be using
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a tool like Python. I believe the audience that would benefit most from an
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easy to use language like Python are "Subject Matter Experts" (SMEs). An SME
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knows their field (e.g. accountant, biologist, physicist, network manager,
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etc.) and may find need to automate or compute something whose scope or size
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does not justify calling in a computer programmer or scientist. This is
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where a simple to learn language such as Python finds a ready home.
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When an SME finds the tool too slow, it would be nice if they could post
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their problem to a group like this without fear of insult, intended or not.
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