Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers

[Steve Simmons]

"Fábio Santos" <fabiosantosart at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> 1) The memory gain for many of us (usually non ascii users)
>> just become irrelevant.
>>
>> >>> sys.getsizeof('maçã')
>> 41
>> >>> sys.getsizeof('abcd')
>> 29
>>
>> 2) More critical, Py 3.3, just becomes non unicode compliant,
>> (eg European languages or "ascii" typographers !)
>>
>> >>> import timeit
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'abcd'*1000 + 'a'")
>> 2.186670111428325
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'abcd'*1000 + '€'")
>> 2.9951699820528432
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'abcd'*1000 + 'œ'")
>> 3.0036780444886233
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'abcd'*1000 + 'ẞ'")
>> 3.004992278824048
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'maçã'*1000 + 'œ'")
>> 3.231025618708202
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'maçã'*1000 + '€'")
>> 3.215894398100758
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'maçã'*1000 + 'œ'")
>> 3.224407974255655
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'maçã'*1000 + '’'")
>> 3.2206342273566406
>> >>> timeit.timeit("'abcd'*1000 + '’'")
>> 2.9914403449067777
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>> 3) Python is "pround" to cover the whole unicode range,
>> unfortunately it "breaks" the BMP range.
>> Small GvR exemple (ascii) from the the bug list,
>> but with non ascii characters.
>>
>> # Py 3.2, all chars
>>
>> >>> timeit.repeat("a = 'hundred'; 'x' in a")
>> [0.09087790617297742, 0.07456871885972305, 0.07449940353376405]
>> >>> timeit.repeat("a = 'maçãé€ẞ'; 'x' in a")
>> [0.10088136800095526, 0.07488497003487282, 0.07497594640028638]
>>
>>
>> # Py 3.3 ascii and non ascii chars
>> >>> timeit.repeat("a = 'hundred'; 'x' in a")
>> [0.11426985953005442, 0.10040049292649655, 0.09920834808588097]
>> >>> timeit.repeat("a = 'maçãé€ẞ'; 'é' in a")
>> [0.2345595188256766, 0.21637172864154763, 0.2179096624382737]
>>
>>
>> There are plenty of good reasons to use Python. There are
>> also plenty of good reasons to not use (or now to drop)
>> Python and to realize that if you wish to process text
>> seriously, you are better served by using "corporate
>> products" or tools using Unicode properly.
>>
>> jmf
>
>This is so off-topic that, after reading this, I feel I have just
>returned
>from the Moon.
>
>OTOH, it would seem like you know the Portuguese word for apple, so I
>also
>feel home.
>
>I am so confused.
>
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Good to see jmf finally comparing apples with apples :-) 

Sent from a Galaxy far far away
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