generator expressions: performance anomaly?

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2005-01-19, Steve Holden schreef <steve at holdenweb.com>:
> Antoon Pardon wrote:
>
>> Op 2005-01-18, Steve Holden schreef <steve at holdenweb.com>:
> [...]
>> 
>> But you do have a point that I have a tendency to put salt on
>> any snail. I'll try to restrain myself a bit more in the future.
>> 
> Finally! :-)
>
> I find I like you much better after this reflective response. Thanks for 
> taking the time to read my snarking and respond to it.
>
> "A tendency to put salt on any snail" is a nice phrase I've never come 
> across before. Is it specifically Belgian?

It is a literal translation of a dutch idiom: "Op alle slakken zout
leggen". Most people in Belgium speak dutch although foreigner often
seem to think we all speak native French.