[Mailman-Developers] python is slow

[Michael Hudson]

"John Roth" <newsgroups at jhrothjr.com> writes:

[1.5.2 v 2.3 performance]

> You're probably right. Now that you mention it, I believe
> I've heard that 2.0 was the big slowdown,

I think rich comparisons in 2.1 gave a bit of a hit, too.

> and then it's improved from there. 2.3, for example, is quite a bit
> faster than 2.2.

I know -- I'm partially responsible for that :-) (although only if you
don't run python -O).

Cheers,
mwh

-- 
  ... but I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if I don't have to.  On
  the other hand, if the currently instantiated version of the wheel
  consists of a square rock covered with moss, I might as well just
  start fresh.                          -- Roy Smith, comp.lang.python