[Python-Dev] Python is faster than C (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Apr 5 22:55:54 EDT 2004

If nothing else pure python versions of modules: (a) serve as great documentation (b) are good for psyco (c) are good for PyPy (d) are good for Pyrex (e) are good for Starkiller (f) are good for Jython (g) are good for IronPython

I've just thought of another one:

    (h) are useful for platforms where there isn't a compiled
        C version available yet and it's too much hassle to
        compile it yourself

a case I ran into the other day when I wanted to use the csv module from 2.3 with a 2.2 installation on Windows (don't ask why). I ended up writing my own Python version of a part of it.

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