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Subject Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)?
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 6/21/2011 3:48 PM, John Salerno wrote:
>
>> Absolutely not! Each problem has been designed according to a "one-
>> minute rule", which means that although it may take several hours to
>> design a successful algorithm with more difficult problems, an
>> efficient implementation will allow a solution to be obtained on a
>> modestly powered computer in less than one minute."
>
> That statement is for C, not Python. Python is efficient with human time,
> but not machine time. If something really takes a minute in C, allow
> yourself at least 10 minutes or even more with plain CPython.
>
> --
> Terry Jan Reedy

Python is the second most popular language on Project Euler, at 14358
users compared to 15897 who use C/C++. I'm pretty sure they don't
assume you use C. Although Python's longs do make some of the early
problems really really easy.

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How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 12:48 -0700
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 14:02 -0600
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Irmen de Jong <irmen@-NOSPAM-xs4all.nl> - 2011-06-21 22:10 +0200
    sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Irmen de Jong <irmen@-NOSPAM-xs4all.nl> - 2011-06-21 22:22 +0200
      Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 14:09 -0700
        Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-06-21 23:39 +0200
        Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 15:41 -0600
          Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 14:48 -0700
        Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 23:33 +0200
        Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-21 17:05 -0700
          Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 18:21 -0700
            Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-21 19:09 -0700
              Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 20:02 -0700
                Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-06-22 19:46 +0200
            Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-22 03:10 +0100
            Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-06-21 23:02 -0400
              Re: sorry, possibly too much info. was: Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 20:41 -0700
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-06-21 16:19 -0400
    Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-06-22 23:21 -0700
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-21 21:26 +0100
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-21 19:30 -0400
    Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-21 17:00 -0700
      Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-22 00:18 -0400
        Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-21 22:32 -0700
          Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-22 18:46 -0400
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2011-06-21 20:07 -0700
  Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-22 05:58 +0000
    Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-21 23:23 -0700
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    Re: How can I speed up a script that iterates over a large range (600 billion)? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 01:16 -0600
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