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casenelson on Dec 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python Patterns: An Optimization Anecdote

Just a note that there was good discussion about this before [1].

Remember that this essay is quite old (2002) and Python has changed significantly. [2]

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1859417

[2] http://keithdevens.com/weblog/archive/2002/Apr/10/AnOptimiza...

machrider on Dec 18, 2011 [–]

Thanks for the links. The most interesting thing in the previous HN thread was learning that this article is a) really old (probably outdated), and b) written by Guido!

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