Bringing Order to programming

[Ben Bacarisse]

ram at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> source = \
> 'Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. It has' + \
> ' efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective' + \
> ' approach to object-oriented programming. Python's elegant syntax' + \

You have an unexscped ' in there.

> ' and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it' + \
> ' an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development' + \
> ' in many areas on most platforms. ';

<snip>
>   transcript
>
> a 0.0680 s,  a 1.2040 s,  a 9.5823 s,  a 81.9688 s,

My times are very nearly linear:

a 0.0280 s,  a 0.2931 s,  a 2.9006 s,  a 29.4318 s,

-- 
Ben.