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Interesting read! I'm still missing what "B" in the Python code referring to as well.

• tyingq 10y ago
  array.array isn't a normal python array. It's an optimized type/object where all the elements of the array are of the same type. The 'B' is a format string that indicates what type you want the elements to be. B == unsigned char He's using it because it converts the int 65 to the string 'A', then toString() to join all the array elements together. https://docs.python.org/2/library/array.html https://docs.python.org/2/library/array.html See my other post though, it's not the fastest way to do this in python.
  • proyb2 10y ago
    Great thanks! I have assume array.array is similar to 2-dimensional array.
• tyingq 10y ago
  The python timings are for 1000 iterations. You are currently comparing apple to 1000 apples :)
  • proyb2 10y ago
    You mean 100 iterations instead of 1000? I have noted "took 0.000183 (For one iteration)" :)
    • tyingq 10y ago
      No, it's 1000. Specifically, 100 iterations of 10 calls. Why he did it that way, I don't know.
• scriptkiddy 10y ago
  `array.array` is more like a C array than a Python list.