I could use some help making this Python code run faster using only Python code.

[Matt McCredie]

> Now I think I will code this little scrambler using nothing but the D
> Language just to see whether there is any benefit in using D over
> Python for this sort of problem.

Isn't D compiled to machine code? I would expect it to win hands down.
That is, unless it is horribly unoptimized.

Matt