alt Hacker NewsEvery Python programmer should be thinking about far more important things than low level performance minutiae. Great reference but practically irrelevant except in rare cases where optimization is warranted. If your workload grows to the point where this stuff actually matters, great! Until then it’s a distraction.
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amelius • yesterday at 5:14 PM
Yeah, if you hit limits just look for a module that implements the thing in C (or write it). This is how it was always done in Python.
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kc0bfv • yesterday at 5:37 PM
I agree - however, that has mostly been a feeling for me for years. Things feel fast enough and fine.
This page is a nice reminder of the fact, with numbers. For a while, at least, I will Know, instead of just feel, like I can ignore the low level performance minutiae.
Having general knowledge about the tools you're working with is not a distraction, it's an intellectual enrichment in any case, and can be a valuable asset in specific cases.