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| Date | 2015-01-22 08:26 +1100 |
| Subject | Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Matthew Ruffalo <mmr15@case.edu> wrote: > Yes, length-unlimited strings are *extremely* useful in some > applications. I remember bitterly cursing Java's string length limit of > 2 ** 31 (maybe - 1) on multiple occasions. Python's strings seem to > behave like integers in that their size is limited only by available memory. Hmm, I don't know that you'll get much beyond 2**31 characters (even all-ASCII characters in PEP 393) on a 32-bit Python, simply because "available memory" is capped at 2**32 bytes minus other stuff. You'd need a 64-bit Python to do that, and I would guess a 64-bit Java would also raise the limit. ChrisA
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How to "wow" someone new to Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-17 02:03 +1100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-01-16 17:20 +0200
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-01-16 09:16 -0800
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 16:19 +1000
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-01-21 07:15 -0800
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-01-21 19:59 +0200
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2015-01-21 19:20 +0100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 06:06 +1100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python André Roberge <andre.roberge@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 11:20 -0800
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2015-01-22 00:46 +0100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Matthew Ruffalo <mmr15@case.edu> - 2015-01-21 16:20 -0500
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 08:26 +1100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2015-01-21 16:44 -0500
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2015-01-21 16:52 -0500
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-21 14:35 -0800
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-22 15:51 +1100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 23:13 +0100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Matthew Ruffalo <mmr15@case.edu> - 2015-01-21 16:46 -0500
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 09:22 +1100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python André Roberge <andre.roberge@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 10:34 -0800
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 19:05 +0000
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-22 15:39 +1100
Re: How to "wow" someone new to Python Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 00:09 +0000
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