[Python-Dev] Text about cycle GC

[Paul Prescod]

Vladimir Marangozov wrote:
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> This is risky. We don't have enough experience with this implementation.
> All we know is that things get slower and consume more memory. Without
> a clear picture of the impact of this GC implementation, it's probably
> a bad idea to enable (i.e. impose) it by default.

Won't we have a clear picture by the end of the beta period?

> The "optional experimental feature" label is good and IMO it complies
> with anybody's expectations. Interested people will jump in and will
> eventually contribute with improvements, those who don't care won't
> and will live happily without it (at least until the day the feature
> and its implementation reach their expected maturity).

A million Window users will live unhappily without it because they don't
know how to recompile to get it!

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 Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus
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gave rise made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that 
made the modern world possible.
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