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Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013

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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:21 PM, E.D.G. <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>       The point is, when people want to make some computer program available
> for use by others around the world they might want to circulate a version of
> their program that has such a simple format that anyone can understand it.
> And for actual use they can generate parallel versions that have more
> efficient code that people who are working with that language can
> understand.

Sounds to me like something out of cryptography. You have a "reference
implementation" that's slow, readable, and straight-forward, and then
you have "optimized implementations" that are actually fast enough to
use - but if any time you want to know if you're producing the right
output, you just compare against the reference implementation.

ChrisA

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  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 11:03 +0100
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-10-31 05:38 -0500
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 12:30 +0100
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-10-31 14:17 +0100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 01:05 +1100
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-10-31 15:18 +0100
            Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 01:45 +1100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-31 14:15 +0000
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-10-31 15:31 +0100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 14:41 +0000
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 01:49 +1100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 15:11 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-31 13:48 +0000
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 01:17 -0500
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-12 04:21 -0600
            Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 10:05 +1100
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 08:48 -0700
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 00:45 -0500
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 23:54 -0700
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-31 09:20 -0400
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-10-31 11:14 -0500
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2013-11-01 11:42 -0400
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 01:28 -0500
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-11-01 11:08 -0700
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2013-11-01 15:17 -0400
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 01:02 -0500
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-03 07:43 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 03:47 -0600
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-03 10:05 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 10:28 -0800
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-03 18:58 +0000
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 20:07 -0800
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Jim Gibson <JimSGibson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 10:18 -0800
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-03 23:16 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-04 23:22 -0600
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  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 sigtool@kcl.ac.uk - 2013-11-10 06:40 -0800

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