Python and STL efficiency

[Jeremy Sanders]

Mc Osten wrote:

> Here some results (I know that the fpoint optimizations are useless...
> it's is my "prebuilt" full optimization macro :) ):

Interesting. The opimisation makes no difference to the speed of the C++ one
for me. I just get

xpc17:~> g++4 -O2 test2.cpp
xpc17:~> ./a.out
What do you know?
chicken crosses road
fool
so long...
What do you know?
chicken crosses road
fool
so long...
Elapsed 2.11
Elapsed 1.11

(This is with an Althon 64 4600+ running Linux).

Unfortunately the Python on this computer doesn't have set as it is too old,
so I can't compare it.

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