Filter versus comprehension (was Re: something about split()???)

[Emile van Sebille]

On 8/24/2012 3:03 PM Terry Reedy said...
> On 8/24/2012 5:56 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:03:51 +0000 (UTC), Walter Hurry
>> <walterhurry at lavabit.com> declaimed the following in
>> gmane.comp.python.general:
>>
>>>
>>> Google Groups sucks. These are computer literate people here. Why don't
>>> they just use a proper newsreader?
>>
>>     Probably because their ISP doesn't offer a free server <G>
>
> Python lists are available on the free gmane mail-to-news server.

I'm getting high load related denials with the gmane connections a lot 
recently so I'm open to alternatives.

Suggestions or recommendations?


Emile