Nick Coghlan wrote: >> BTW, prove me Decimal is not fast enough, ;) > > C:\Python24>python -m timeit -s "x = 1.0" "x+x" > 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.137 usec per loop > > C:\Python24>python -m timeit -s "from decimal import Decimal as d; x = d(1)" > "x+x" > 10000 loops, best of 3: 48.3 usec per loop > > I don't really know my definition of 'fast enough to be the basic floating > point type', but I'm pretty sure that a couple of orders of magnitude slower > isn't it.
how fast does the corresponding C program run ? </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
