"Arne Ludwig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just for completeness: The functions in Steve's original post named > maximum calculate the minimum. > > Also, timing-wise, on my machine with a random list of 200000 integers > Steve's iteration version and Mitja's version are about equal, the > system built-in is equal or slightly slower, and Paul's version about > 3-4x slower. If the comparison function is very complex, the mileage > may vary of course. >
Arne - The version I posted (which is not mine by the way, but I've lost the original citation) becomes much more competitive when run with psyco. With your list of 200,000 integers, I believe it will outpace even the C library built-ins. -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
