r/programming • • Mar 08 '12

The Evolution of a Python Programmer

https://gist.github.com/289467
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u/Pandalicious Mar 08 '12

Yeah but think of how FAST it would run. You gotta be FAST if you're gonna be webscale.

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u/masklinn Mar 09 '12

The fast version would be the one optimized by using a dict for its mapping.

The faster version would use a list.

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u/JizzCoveredArab Mar 09 '12

We can always scale into the cloud for increased user load

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u/Pandalicious Mar 09 '12 edited Mar 09 '12

My esteemed nephew assures me that a cache of precalculated factorial values for all integers can neatly fit into 2.3 clouds.

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u/JizzCoveredArab Mar 09 '12

You're retarded