New results from "dictionary word count" programs...

[Shane Hathaway]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Thanks, but the credit goes to the people who have optimized Python 
> dictionaries so well.  Sometimes I wish such optimized code were 
> available in plain C/C++.
> 
> There's still more fine tuning possible.  I've attached a version that 
> shaves another second from the kjv100 test.

Then, install psyco (http://psyco.sourceforge.net/) and run the attached 
script.  I measure 4.9 seconds, which could put the Python + Psyco 
version in 1st place, at least for a while. :-)

Shane
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