sobering observation, python vs. perl

[Charles T. Smith]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:52:30 -0500, Tim Chase wrote:

>> Not saying this will make a great deal of difference, but these two
> items jumped out at me.  I'd even be tempted to just use string
> manipulations for the isready aspect as well.  Something like
> (untested)

well, I don't want to forgo REs in order to have python's numbers be better....