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dgrant on Oct 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Python Optimization Anecdote

Why is string interpolation in Python so slow?

wladimir on Oct 26, 2011 [–]

Good point which would be worth an article in itself. Also comparing the various string interpolation methods that Python has (% versus format).

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