<quote who="Rick Welykochy"> > Jeff Waugh wrote: > >>> Does it have to be in shell? :-) >> >> No sir! But shell usually wins. > > On my 1 GHz / 1 GB powerbook, the python one-liner I just submitted runs 5 > x faster than the original.
Ah yes, well there are different definitions of optimisation, and all are valid in this game. I was referring to command line length and cleverness though, which is probably a bit exclusive. ;-) > But what does 'shell' really mean? python,perl, etc. are external to the > shell as surely as sed,tr,wc. Traditionally it has been quick command line combos, but there are always offerings in more conventional and esoteric forms. Such as brainf*ck this time. I posted this as a result of a joke on another mailing list about an amazing abuse of commas from a particular poster, but also because we haven't had one of these threads for ages. It was always fun when Herbert Xu or Gus Lees would smack everyone about with a clever use of cut(1). ;-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australia http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ "We are peaking sexually when they are peaking. And two peaks makes a hell of a good mount." - SMH -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
