[Python-Dev] tiny optimization in ceval mainloop

Steve Holden sholden@holdenweb.com
Sun, 1 Sep 2002 05:14:25 -0400


[Michael Hudson]
> "Steve Holden" <sholden@holdenweb.com> writes:
>
> > > A bunch of 0.5% improvements add up.  If there's not much cost in
> > > complexity, why not go for it?
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, right, we just need 200 of them and we're laughing. Computation in
> > infinitesimal time.
>
> Multiply up doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
>
Indeed not. I try to keep my pedantry in control, but it escapes from time
to time.

regards
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