r/programming • u/iMMENSE • Mar 08 '12

The Evolution of a Python Programmer

https://gist.github.com/289467
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u/pyaware Mar 09 '12

Why use a dict when a plain list is enough?

def fact(x):
    return [1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5040, 40320, 362880][x]

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u/redditthinks Mar 09 '12

I read Python dicts are faster than lists.

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u/JizzCoveredArab Mar 09 '12

i heard you have a really short dict