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Re: BOOM!

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: BOOM!
Date	2017-04-19 20:03 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<azjc003g.abu@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/19/2017 10:48 AM, fr314159@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 9:41:36 AM UTC-4, DFS wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>> This site https://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons/ makes a
>>> grandiose claim: "Anecdotal evidence suggests that one Python programmer
>>> can finish in two months what two C++ programmers can't complete in a
>>> year."
>>>
>> 
>> But since the Python code will require 12 months to execute
>> whereas the C++ code will be terminate in about 2 seconds
>> C++ still comes out WAY ahead.
> 
> For the most part, the speed gain from C will never offset the 
> additional development time and cost vs python.
> 
> Obviously, this depends on the application.
> 
> You snipped the 40 lines of python I wrote (to lookup a Usenet article 
> by number or messageID).  It took me no time.  Try duplicating it in C 
> and let me know when you give up.
> 

Just grab some template socket client code and modify it a bit.

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Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 09:41 -0400
  Re: BOOM! fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-04-19 07:48 -0700
    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 14:21 -0400
      Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:36 -0700
      Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-19 20:03 +0000
        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 16:24 -0400
  Re: BOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 08:37 -0700
  Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-19 17:50 +0000
    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 14:32 -0400

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