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From: donn at u.washington.edu (Donn Cave)
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Date: 27 Apr 1999 15:43:10 GMT
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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> <37252816.42634501@Lugoj.Com> <roy-2704990854480001@qwerky.med.nyu.edu>
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roy at popmail.med.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
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|James Logajan <JamesL at Lugoj.Com> wrote:
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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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| There was no intent to insult.
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| The thread was moving in the direction of "my program using regex is too
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| slow, and I think the solution would be to move regex into the python core
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| to make it faster". I was just pointing out why that is flawed reasoning.
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I didn't read any insult. You venture into a somewhat sensitive area
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when you start making distinctions like ``good programmer'', and I reckon
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some criticism is inevitable. It's going to take a while to come to terms
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with this issue (Python for people who don't qualify as expert programmers),
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and in this process we need to feel free to speak up without too much fear
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of saying something politically incorrect.
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Donn Cave, University Computing Services, University of Washington
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donn at u.washington.edu
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