On 22/08/2012 22:23, Pete O'Connell wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote: Further to Steven's sound advice take a look at this http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips IMHO the part on profiling is particulary useful. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.