How to make python run faster

[J Sisson]

2008/4/14 <lbonafide at yahoo.com>:

> On Apr 14, 8:48 am, 一首诗 <newpt... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But, it is still not as fast as 1.
>
>
> So if speed is the #1 design goal, use pure C.  If not, develop in
> pure Python and, if the application is too slow, profile the code and
> look for bottlenecks that can be optimized.  There's a good chance
> that they can be resolved algorithmically, not by simply dropping down
> to C.
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Profiling python code can help spot bottlenecks that would *still be
bottlenecks* if translated directly to C, so I definitely agree here...given
a big enough problem space, a bad algorithm will run slow(er) regardless of
language or hardware.

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