In the early days of C, you’d occasionally see someone — probably a former Pascal programmer — write something like this: #define BEGIN { #define END } This would usually initiate complaints about ...

With Python’s built-in timeit module, you can measure the performance of your functions or lines of code in one easy step By design, Python puts convenience, readability, and ease of use ahead of ...

If you’ve ever written any Python at all, the chances are you’ve used iterators without even realising it. Writing your own and using them in your programs can provide significant performance ...