| python Programming Glossary: improvesHow to set up and solve simultaneous equations in python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14367331/how-to-set-up-and-solve-simultaneous-equations-in-python  eq. has been derived As Jaime suggested multiplying by n improves the code. This is not reflected in the spreadsheet above but.. 
 Base-2 (Binary) Representation Using Python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/187273/base-2-binary-representation-using-python  faster at 256 bits than 128 . Using a 16 bit lookup table improves things but probably isn't worth it unless you really need it.. 
 Keeping large dictionary in Python affects application performance http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19391648/keeping-large-dictionary-in-python-affects-application-performance  collector by calling gc.disable performance not only improves ~5x but storing large dictionary in Foo doesn't make a difference... 
 In Python, how do I determine if an object is iterable? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1952464/in-python-how-do-i-determine-if-an-object-is-iterable  interfaces rather than specific types well designed code improves its flexibility by allowing polymorphic substitution. Duck typing.. 
 Prevent a console app from closing when not invoked from an existing terminal? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2258771/prevent-a-console-app-from-closing-when-not-invoked-from-an-existing-terminal  vein of using pywin32 I've produced this function which improves on the one above using the accepted answer. The commented out.. 
 python, subprocess: reading output from subprocess http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3804727/python-subprocess-reading-output-from-subprocess  from another program they buffer much more. The buffering improves efficiency in many cases but causes problems when two programs.. 
 Iterating through a scipy.sparse vector (or matrix) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4319014/iterating-through-a-scipy-sparse-vector-or-matrix  . Sven Marnach's suggestion to use itertools.izip also improves the speed. Current fastest is using_tocoo_izip import scipy.sparse.. 
 grouping objects to achieve a similar mean property for all groups http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4462531/grouping-objects-to-achieve-a-similar-mean-property-for-all-groups  Assuming that that the dataset is small this heuristic improves the chances of a good solution. Knowing more about the size.. 
 Python code performance decreases with threading http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6821477/python-code-performance-decreases-with-threading  a second thread damages performance and a third thread improves it slightly. I'm just wondering why I can't take advantage of.. 
 Extend python/django with c and mod_wsgi with apache http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6840486/extend-python-django-with-c-and-mod-wsgi-with-apache  this we programed a c module that do this work and that improves the speed many times. We have tried with ctypes and create a.. 
 Why is my MergeSort so slow in Python? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7063697/why-is-my-mergesort-so-slow-in-python  python . But removing useless computation everywhere still improves things a bit Original Mergesort 0.224888720512 no length Mergesort.. 
 Is it ok to use dashes in Python files when trying to import them? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/761519/is-it-ok-to-use-dashes-in-python-files-when-trying-to-import-them  names. Underscores can be used in the module name if it improves readability. Python packages should also have short all lowercase.. 
 comparing python with c/fortran http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9439869/comparing-python-with-c-fortran  But it is not easy in any of thoses languages. ILNumerics improves this considerably. Another important point is parallelization... 
 Syntax Highlighting in Cocoa TextView? Experiences? Suggestions? Ideas? [duplicate] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/972812/syntax-highlighting-in-cocoa-textview-experiences-suggestions-ideas  range might be wordboundaries or anything this definitely improves performance. Mentioned there Xcode for example only colorizes.. 
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