Before we begin, take some time to look at some cool questions answered by Alex Martelli, take some time and review questions that he has answered on StackOverflow.
- Unladen-swallow: "Google's Python engineers have launched a new project called Unladen Swallow that seeks to improve the performance of the Python programming language. One of the project's goals is to replace the Python virtual machine with an LLVM-based JIT". (Source:Ars Technica)
- An Optimization Anecdote: This article talks about optimization lessons learned, and what general steps one should take while making such an effort.
- Why is looping over range() in Python faster than using a while loop? This StackOverflow thread talks about common mistake newbie python programmer does, while moving from C/C++/Java domain to python and using ++ operator.
