A faster Python?

[Nick Arnett]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Emile van Sebille
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:37 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: A faster Python?

> This surprised me.  I like python with Numeric exactly because it's
> faster and processes more data than Excel.  I'm now regularly
> calculating and delivering pivot-style results from a million row source
> with 240 columns.

Sorry, I should have made it clear that I haven't made direct comparisons.
I'm still working on data structures and such; I haven't yet seen where the
bottlenecks might be.  In other words, my comments were entirely
theoretical -- I was assuming that there are things that Excel, SPSS and
other commercial tools can do that will be significantly faster.  My
assumption is that I'll see this in in some highly iterative operations.

I was suggesting that if anyone is working on speeding up Python, those are
the areas where I never have enough speed.

And I'm quite encouraged by the experience you've shared.

Nick