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Re:Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter by theLiminator on Monday March 10, 2025 @12:29PM (#43322249)
> After 30 years, i've learned (like i expect you have) to be suspicious of any significant (IE >1%) performance improvement in a system that has existed a long time.

Laughs in corporate code

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Re:Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter by DannyBee on Monday March 10, 2025 @12:55PM (#43322486)
Sure, let me amend it to "i'm suspicious of any significant performance improvement in as system where performance actually matters, and has existed in a state where performance matters for a long time".
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Re:Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter by miroljub on Monday March 10, 2025 @12:40PM (#43322356)
That's a different case. Corporate code is never optimized for performance. Performance as a factor doesn't play any factor.
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Re:Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter by colechristensen on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:09PM (#43322639)
I'll believe you if you say 0.5% improvement, I'll believe you if you say 10,000% improvement, but 10%? That's fishy.
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