Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.103 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.80; '*S*': 0.01; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'integers': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'so?': 0.09; 'character.': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'integer.': 0.16; 'integers,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'seems': 0.21; '>>>': 0.22; 'him.': 0.24; 'integer': 0.24; 'fairly': 0.24; 'subject:/': 0.26; 'gets': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'hiring': 0.29; 'characters': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; '>>>>': 0.31; "i'd": 0.34; 'agree': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'no,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; "he's": 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'even': 0.60; 'voice': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'eye': 0.61; 'determine': 0.67; 'mar': 0.68; 'useful.': 0.68; 'around,': 0.84; 'idiot.': 0.84; 'idiots': 0.84; 'idiots.': 0.84; 'not...': 0.84; 'subject:long': 0.84; 'edwards': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=X7DWyABmQirYXsdECvme9MtwaTJhIGjERURVpulB3v4=; b=hQTrziQ0eGYO22T3y2OTjP17cZ0clKI0rhjGeNnd5AXSLJWKICqJeED2tZfHCrOdrp FtHmaHpTjwsOVTs48z9FnWSxLtjL+pd+1hQlSq88gYf9otv89BxOq65I1ILWPxKN8ugC W8N4SOiSvXEAOULoFu/4bqs44Xbe4DowTEOebWJfF64C8aQfGguoM0g8wG7fPKL2GEpS fMK9OhfZqi/iiJ18+rcATfoo2YLc2T7JcL2colzi27HNPzI5/Wk7rMFdV45J2tyVI0pb TyOlnmr+zwH9Igyz6rViEXWTnjNtFWu3rsFllffHyTJt/gatdj4XM+407pE6ytS0ugh7 CTGA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.50.7 with SMTP id y7mr21083201ven.24.1364332486710; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:14:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <0b779c80-4f50-4716-8c30-47755c15f304@m12g2000yqp.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:14:46 +1100 Subject: Re: Performance of int/long in Python 3 From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364332489 news.xs4all.nl 6988 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41277 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41952 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2013-03-26, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 26/03/2013 20:44, jmfauth wrote: >>>> >>>>> A character is not an integer (short form). >>>> >>>> So? >>> >>> A character is not an integer. >>> >>> jmf >> >> But you are an idiot. > > I think we all agree that jmf is a character. > > So we've established that no characters are integers, but some > characters are idiots. > > Does that allow us to determine wheter integers are idiots or not? No, it doesn't. I'm fairly confident that most of them are not... however, I have my eye on 42. He gets around, a bit, but never seems to do anything very useful. I'd think twice before hiring him. But 1, now, he's a good fellow. Even when things get divisive, he's the voice of unity. ChrisA