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| From | Gisle Vanem <gvanem@broadpark.no> |
|---|---|
| References | <mailman.244.1357605853.2939.python-list@python.org> <50ebb3c1$0$30003$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| Subject | Re: Calculate Big Number |
| Date | 2013-01-08 11:06 +0100 |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.269.1357639597.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
"Steven D'Aprano" <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> py> from timeit import Timer
> py> t1 = Timer("(a**b)*(c**d)", setup="a,b,c,d = 10, 25, 2, 50")
> py> min(t1.repeat(repeat=5, number=100000))
> 0.5256571769714355
>
> So that's about 5 microseconds on my (slow) computer.
That's pretty fast. So is there still a need for a GMP python-binding like
gmpy? http://code.google.com/p/gmpy/wiki/IntroductionToGmpy
GMP can include optimized assembler for the CPU you're using. But
I guess it needs more memory. Hence disk-swapping could be an issue
on performance.
--gv
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