Re: [Python-ideas] Why CPython is still behind in performance for some widely used patterns ?

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 09:12:29AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:

Are you sure it's the language's fault? Failing to use a better data type simply because some other language doesn't have it is a great way to make a test that's "fair" in the same way that Balance and Armageddon are "fair" in Magic: The Gathering. They reset everyone to the baseline, and the baseline's equal for everyone right?

I'm afraid I have no idea what that analogy means :-) -- Steve