The Cost of Dynamism (was Re: Pyhon 2.x or 3.x, which is faster?)

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:55 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:

> While we're on the subject of Pythonic ways to read files, this is NOT.
> 
> http://thedailywtf.com/articles/finding-the-file
> 
> It's also not idiomatic C# code either, though...

Obviously not. They should have used a switch.

I like the comment from "PWolff":

    A loop might be faster to write (for a human) and easier 
    to maintain, but it takes significantly longer to run. 
    (Several ppm in this case, I assume.)

(PPM? Parts per million?)

Unless PWolff is being too-ironic-by-half, I expect to see his work featured
on The Daily WTF soon.


I like this one:

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/string-cheese



-- 
Steven