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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:44:11 +1000
Subject: Re: PyWart: The problem with "print"
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On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> ... quite frankly I have no sympathy for
> the view that CPU cycles are so precious that we mustn't waste them. If
> that were the case, Python is the wrong language.

CPU cycles *are* valuable still, though. The efficiency of your code
determines how well it scales - but we have to be talking 100tps vs
1000tps here. There needs to be a huge difference for it to be at all
significant.

ChrisA