[Python-Dev] str.count is slow

[Fredrik Lundh]

Greg Ewing wrote:

> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>
> > moving to (basic) C++ might also be a good idea (in 3.0, perhaps).  is any-
> > one still stuck with pure C89 these days ?
>
> Some of us actually *prefer* working with plain C
> when we have a choice, and don't consider ourselves
> "stuck" with it.

perhaps, but polymorphic code is a lot easier to write in C++ than
in C.

> My personal goal in life right now is to stay as
> far away from C++ as I can get.

so what C compiler are you using ?

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