I do this stuff all the time and Foxpro beats anything out there - except for Python. Python is not measurably faster than Foxpro low level file functions. Having said that, they are both so fast that parsing very very large files is accomplished at the blink of an eye. How much faster do you really need? ;^)
Although I notice Python is quite a bit faster with XML or CSV but don't have any benchmarks to back it up. I will say that I depend on this stuff and Foxpro and Python are both very usable. I will say I prefer Python only because of the code! Jeff --------------- Jeff Johnson [email protected] (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 08/09/2011 02:51 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > >> Python vs FoxPro Smack Down!! >> >> I'd be curious which is faster at reading all the lines of something >> like a 100k line file... > Just reading? Or doing something interesting with the text? > >> Think you could benchmark that for us? > If only I had some way to run FoxPro. :) > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
