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Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file

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On Sun, May 1, 2016, at 09:50 PM, DFS wrote:
> On 5/2/2016 12:40 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> wrote:
> >> On Sun, May 1, 2016, at 09:06 PM, DFS wrote:
> >>> Then I tested them in loops - the VBScript is MUCH faster: 0.44 for 10
> >>> iterations, vs 0.88 for python.
> >> ...
> >>> I know it's asking a lot, but is there a really fast AND really short
> >>> python solution for this simple thing?
> >>
> >> 0.88 is not fast enough for you? That's less then a second.
> >
> > Also, this is timings of network and disk operations. Unless something
> > pathological is happening, the language used won't make any
> > difference.
> >
> > ChrisA
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, the VBScript is twice as fast as any python method.

And 0.2 is twice as fast as 0.1. When you have two small numbers, 'twice
as fast' isn't particularly meaningful as a metric. 

-- 
Stephen Hansen
  m e @ i x o k a i . i o

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Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 00:06 -0400
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 21:34 -0700
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 14:40 +1000
    Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 00:50 -0400
      Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 22:00 -0700
        Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 01:04 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 15:12 +1000
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 22:17 -0700
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-02 15:57 +1000
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-05-02 14:49 +1000
    Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 01:00 -0400
      Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 22:15 -0700
        Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 01:59 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 23:27 -0700
            Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 03:37 -0400
              Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-02 00:58 -0700
              Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 22:06 -0600
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 00:24 -0400
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-03 10:28 -0500
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 13:00 -0400
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-03 13:41 -0500
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-04 02:10 -0400
      Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-02 16:05 +1000
        Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 02:47 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 17:19 +1000
            Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 21:51 -0400
              Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 12:00 +1000
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 22:01 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-05-02 10:42 +0200
            Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 21:52 -0400
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 14:53 +1000
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-02 07:38 -0500

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