Slower than Python

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-03-02 02:10, Walter Bright wrote:

> Python's splitter, which you are measuring, isn't written in Python. It
> is written in C. You're actually comparing a bit of C code with a bit of
> D code.

Does that really matter. He's using Python, if the function is part of 
the standard library and if it's implement in Python or C doesn't really 
matter.

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/Jacob Carlborg