[Python-Dev] Let's stop eating exceptions in dict lookup (original) (raw)

Jack Diederich jack at performancedrivers.com
Thu Jun 1 18:21:34 CEST 2006

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:10:47PM -0400, Tim Peters wrote:

[Martin Blais] > I'm still looking for a benchmark that is not amazingly uninformative > and crappy. I've been looking around all day, I even looked under the > bed, I cannot find it. I've also been looking around all day as well, > even looked for it shooting out of the Iceland geysirs, of all > places--it's always all day out here it seems, day and day-- and I > still can't find it. (In the process however, I found Thule beer and > strangely dressed vikings, which makes it all worthwhile.)

For those who don't know, Martin stayed on in Iceland after the NFS sprint. He shows clear signs above of developing photon madness. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=211 Where that says "sunset", don't read "dark" -- it just means the top of the sun dips a bit below the horizon for a few hours. It never gets dark this time of year. If you haven't experienced this, no explanation can convey the other-worldly sense of it.

The CCP Games CEO said they have trouble retaining talent from more moderate latitudes for this reason. 18 hours of daylight makes them a bit goofy and when the Winter Solstice rolls around they are apt to go quite mad.

-Jack

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