How to make python run faster

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I read this article on http://kortis.to/radix/python_ext/

And I decided to try if it's true.

I write the program in 4 ways:

1. Pure C
2. Python using C extension
3. Python using psycho
4. Pure Python

And then I used timeit to test the speed of these 4. Unsurprisingly,
the time they cost were:

4 3 2 1

But I did noticed that 2 is a least 3 times slower than 1, not as fast
as the article stated.

That's quite weird and I thought maybe it's because I am using
Windows. I did the same test on Linux and I found 2 only uses 1.5
times of time of 1.

But, it is still not as fast as 1.

[lbonafide]

On Apr 14, 8:48 am, Ò»Ê×Ê« <[e-mail]:

But, it is still not as fast as 1.

So if speed is the #1 design goal, use pure C. If not, develop in
pure Python and, if the application is too slow, profile the code and
look for bottlenecks that can be optimized. There's a good chance
that they can be resolved algorithmically, not by simply dropping down
to C.

[king kikapu]

On 14 ¦¡¦Ð¦Ñ, 16:48, Ò»Ê×Ê« <[e-mail]:

I read this article onhttp://kortis.to/radix/python_ext/

And I decided to try if it's true.

I write the program in 4 ways:

1. Pure C
2. Python using C extension
3. Python using psycho
4. Pure Python

And then I used timeit to test the speed of these 4. Unsurprisingly,
the time they cost were:

4 3 2 1

But I did noticed that 2 is a least 3 times slower than 1, not as fast
as the article stated.

That's quite weird and I thought maybe it's because I am using
Windows. I did the same test on Linux and I found 2 only uses 1.5
times of time of 1.

But, it is still not as fast as 1.

I have experimented too with this scenario. My conclusion is that it
aint worth it to mess with C. Program only in Python and when the time
comes that you want to speed up something, just use Psyco on this. And
that will be more than enough.