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Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists?

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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 3:46 AM, geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ha! That *lengthy* thread started fairly soon after I joined this
>>> list. It was highly... informative. I learned a bit about Python, and
>>> a lot about python-list, from the posts there.
>>
>> So what are we talking about here? Reduce?
>
> There was a huge thread about the removal of the cmp parameter to
> sort() in Python 3.x. It was quite a wide-ranging discussion, touched
> on many things. I think it got up to 90 posts in the first day, or
> something. The main thing it taught me was that python-list is a high
> traffic list; the next most important thing was who the courteous
> posters are.

I know that, but I mean what were you talking about before if you
weren't talking about cmp?

> In contrast, the thread on NaNs in Python has taught me more about the
> difference between floating point and 'real numbers' in a week or two
> than all my previous computing training put together. Yep, this is an
> interesting list.

I liked that thread. There should be more of those.

Geremy Condra

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What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Zachary Dziura <zcdziura@gmail.com> - 2011-06-13 07:58 -0700
  Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 01:09 +1000
    Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Zachary Dziura <zcdziura@gmail.com> - 2011-06-13 08:21 -0700
      Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 01:39 +1000
        Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-13 16:04 +0000
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 02:30 +1000
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-06-13 10:46 -0700
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 03:50 +1000
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-06-13 11:20 -0700
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 04:24 +1000
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-13 12:11 -0700
            Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Zachary Dziura <zcdziura@gmail.com> - 2011-06-13 12:21 -0700
          Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 07:33 +1000
  Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 04:11 +1000
    Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two        lists? Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-13 18:40 +0000
  Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 04:12 +1000

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