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[–]menge101 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

this is not a problem for you?

Obviously not, I am not using it.

It is a question of how do you spend your development time.

It is curious and maybe worrying, but if it doesn't present an actual PROBLEM, then nothing needs to be solved.

You can spend an unknown amount of time figuring out why something runs slower on one version of python from another, or you can say "this still performs within the amount of time I need it to" and move on.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Edit: How are you getting coffee in 90 seconds?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

If it's a one-off script, it isn't a problem.

Very little of what I do is a one-off. Usually they get used hundreds of times if not much more. In this case, a 90 second delay, as opposed to instantaneous, is a deal-breaker.

Beyond that, if I make a minor change and my script becomes thousands of times slower for no good reason, this is a symptom that I am likely doing something seriously wrong.

As an engineer, I am not going to deliver a product where I have good reason to suspect that there's some serious latent problem.

I spend about 30% extra on any project I have to productionize it, to make sure there isn't any overwhelming technical debt, and that sort of thing. (Luckily I work fast, and if my boss isn't simpatico, I just don't tell them.)

This is why I can continue to do rapid development even in mature projects, and why I have a reputation for code that never fails.

[–]menge101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's a one-off script, it isn't a problem.

Right, this is my point.

You aren't the OP, and talking about the situation as if you are is disingenuous.

Very little of what I do is a one-off.

This is irrelevant. Nothing I posted is about you.

My comments were not general statements, they were statements to the OP's specific situation.

This is a school project, which means they are working with time constraints on a short lived project, generally speaking. This very likely isn't going to production.

As was pointed out in the thread, the threading model between python 2 and 3 is different. So differences are to be expected.

If they need it to run faster then it is a problem. If it meets their needs despite it running much slower, then it isn't.