On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > > On 28/05/13 13:54, Tim Hanson wrote: >>
> > However, a word of warning: although you *can* assemble a new string > character by character like that, you should not, because it risks being very > slow. *Painfully* slow. If you want to hear the details, please ask, but it > risks being slow for much the same reason as the infamous Shlemiel the > Painter Algorithm: > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000319.html > Okay, I will come out of lurking and ask: What are the details? BTW, interesting article and interesting site! I will have to bookmark this one and come back for more exploration. Thanks! boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
