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Wednesday, April 10, 2002

An optimization anecdote

Via LtU, Guido van Rossum: Python Patterns - An Optimization Anecdote. A really good example of what goes on in higher level languages that you sometimes have to think about.

This is also a case of why strings are hard, a case of a Shlemiel The Painter algorithm, and an example of why you need to go back to basics. For all this, read Joel Spolsky's Back to Basics.

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