"Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.ya...@gmail.com>: > Actually, I saw a study some years ago that concluded that python > could be both slower and faster than perl, but that perl had much less > deviation than python. I took that and accepted it, but was surprised > now that in exactly the field of application that I've traditionally > used perl, it really is better, er... faster. > > Furthermore, the really nice thing about python is its OO, but I've > really neglected looking into that with perl's OO capabilities.
I haven't had such log processing needs as you, nor has it come down to performance in such a way. Do use the best tool for the job. (When it comes to freely formatted logs, gleaning information from them is somewhat of a lost cause. I've done my best to move to rigorously formatted logs that are much more amenable to post processing.) Perl might be strong on its home turf, but I am a minimalist and reductionist -- Perl was intentionally designed to be a maximalist, imitating the principles of natural languages. Python has concise, crystal-clear semantics that are convenient to work with. Compare Perl (<URL: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=98357>): my $str = "I have a dream"; my $find = "have"; my $replace = "had"; $find = quotemeta $find; # escape regex metachars if present $str =~ s/$find/$replace/g; print $str; with Python: print("I have a dream".replace("have", "had")) Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
