[Python-Dev] Drastically improving list.sort() for lists of strings/ints (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull turnbull.stephen.fw at u.tsukuba.ac.jp
Tue Sep 13 14:31:28 EDT 2016


Nikolaus Rath writes:

Out of curiosity: is this test repeated periodically on different architectures? Or could it be that it only ever was true 10 years ago on Tim's Power Mac G5 (or whatever he used)?

This is the same Tim Peters of the eponymous test for readability of syntax: "Syntax shall not look like grit on Tim's screen." I don't know if that will help you decide whether to trust his analysis, but it comforts me.<0.5 wink/>



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