October 19, 2007, at 09:01 AM

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>>> %timeit -n 5 auction.winning
5 loops, best of 3: 541 ms per loop

>>> %timeit -n 5 auction.winning
5 loops, best of 3: 164 ms per loop

>>> %timeit -n 5 auction.winning
5 loops, best of 3: 1.69 ms per loop

Dividing by 320 the processing time of a key component of CONTREBAS that was affecting the playability of the auction, that's what I call useful optimization. Not premature though :P

My server is an old powerless (by today's standards) machine. I thought about upgrading it for a bit but then figured that by thinking a bit harder about how I was doing things I could improve the performance without committing more money to hardware yet!

XSBar will be no more soon. I have decided not to renew the hosting but will probably keep the domaine name ... in the grip of nostalgia :P

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