Re: a little parsing challenge ☺

Date	2011-07-19 20:14 +0200
From	Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de>
Subject	Re: a little parsing challenge ☺
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On 19/07/11 19:49, Xah Lee wrote:
> On Jul 17, 8:31 am, Thomas Jollans <t...@jollybox.de> wrote:
>>
>> I thought I'd have some fun with multi-processing:
>>
>> https://gist.github.com/1087682
> 
> hi Thomas. I ran the program, all cpu went max (i have a quad), but
> after i think 3 minutes nothing happens, so i killed it.
> 
> is there something special one should know to run the script?
> 
> I'm using Python 3.2.1 on Windows 7.
> 
>  Xah

Well, it overdoes the multi-processing “a little”. Checking each
character in a separate process might have been overkill.

Here's a sane version:

https://gist.github.com/1087682/2240a0834463d490c29ed0f794ad15128849ff8e

old, crazy version:
https://gist.github.com/1087682/6841c3875f7e88c23e0a053ac0d0f0565d8713e2

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a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-17 00:47 -0700
  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-07-17 02:48 -0700
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-17 15:20 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ mhenn <michihenn@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-17 15:55 +0200
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-17 18:01 +0200
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-17 18:54 +0200
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2011-07-17 17:49 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-07-17 12:16 -0700
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-18 07:39 -0700
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-20 08:23 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-20 03:31 -0700
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ "Uri Guttman" <uri@StemSystems.com> - 2011-07-20 12:31 -0400
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-07-20 10:30 -0700
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) - 2011-07-20 12:06 -0700
            Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Jason Earl <jearl@notengoamigos.org> - 2011-07-20 14:57 -0600
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 09:54 -0700
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-19 20:07 +0200
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-21 05:58 -0700
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-21 08:26 -0600
            Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-21 08:36 -0700
              Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ python@bdurham.com - 2011-07-21 12:43 -0400
                Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-21 11:53 -0700
                Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-21 18:37 -0400
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ John O'Hagan <research@johnohagan.com> - 2011-07-25 15:57 +1000
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 12:08 -0600
  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-17 21:34 +1000
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-07-17 04:52 -0700
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-17 16:15 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-07-17 12:18 -0700
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-17 22:16 +0200
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-17 22:57 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-17 23:43 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2011-07-18 03:09 -0400
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-07-18 09:24 +0200
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2011-07-18 04:04 -0400
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-18 18:46 +0200
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2011-07-18 14:14 -0400
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-21 06:23 -0700
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2011-07-21 17:54 -0400
  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ gene heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2011-07-17 10:26 -0400
  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-17 08:31 -0700
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 10:49 -0700
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-19 20:14 +0200
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-21 05:29 -0700
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-21 15:21 +0200
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-19 20:17 +0200
  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-17 18:52 -0700
  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-18 13:12 -0400
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-18 12:10 -0600
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-18 23:59 +0200
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-19 08:09 +0200
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 10:32 -0700
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-19 09:56 +1000
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-18 22:07 -0400
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-07-18 19:50 -0700
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-19 13:11 +1000
            Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-07-18 21:59 -0700
              Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 15:36 +1000
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-07-19 04:08 +0100
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2011-07-18 20:54 -0700
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-19 14:30 +1000
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 01:58 -0700
    Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 10:14 -0700
      Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-19 13:33 -0400
        Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 11:12 -0700
          Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-19 15:09 -0400
            Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 23:29 -0700
              Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-20 01:29 -0600
                Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2011-07-20 00:54 -0700
                Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-20 18:18 +1000
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  Re: a little parsing challenge ☺ Mark Tarver <dr.mtarver@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 22:43 -0700

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