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

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Mon Apr 5 23:04:44 EDT 2004

On Apr 5, 2004, at 10:55 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

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.

Yeah, the backwards portability bit is key, I forgot about that one. I've personally ported (read: copied the documentation into a python file) itertools to pure python so I could use it (and the sets module) from Python 2.2.

-bob

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