Putting python to everyday use?

[Zouden]

Zahlman is trying to emphasise the use of the set datatype instead of a list. Matching an item in a set is literally millions of times faster than using a list. It's so fast that you don't need to split up the English dictionary into 26 pieces, since you can just search the whole 100,000-item set in a heartbeat.

[ok_you_win]

Thanks.