Discover why 'if not mylist' is twice as fast as 'len(mylist) == 0' by examining CPython's VM instructions and object memory access patterns.
  • Reptorian@programming.dev
    2·
    28 days ago

    This. I rarely boot up Python for the tasks I need to do, and if they are, they are one of the following:

    • Assistant code for other coding language
    • Throwaway script
    • Prototype before using a faster language
    • logging_strict@programming.dev
      2·
      26 days ago

      Assuming an equivalent package is produced, what’s the maintenance cost (factoring in coder availability) difference between the Python vs faster language implementations?

      ^^ therein lies the rub

      Reminds of the expression, premature optimization is the root of all evil

      if not swimming in funding, might be a darwinic move to choose the faster language and have to code everything yourself from scratch