In article <mailman.2294.1282187962.1673.python-l...@python.org>, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: >On 08/18/10 21:47, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >> Frankly, I think the OP doesn't really know what he wants, other than >> premature optimization. It's amazing how popular that is :) > >You see, the trick to prematurely optimizing is to have a good >algorithm for prematurely optimizing...the real question them >becomes "How can I optimize my premature-optimization algorithms >to O(1) instead of O(newsgroup)?" > >:-) > >-tkc > >PS: I'm not positive, but O(newsgroup) may asymptotically >approach O(log n) if the question is well formed, but O(2^n) if >flaming, indentation/line-length preferences, the meaning of OOP, >SQL-parameter escaping, McNugget combinations, or suggestions that >Python is "just a scripting language" are involved...
+1 QOTW -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "...if I were on life-support, I'd rather have it run by a Gameboy than a Windows box." --Cliff Wells -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
