Quesion about the proper use of __slots__

Peter Otten __peter__ at web.de
Mon Feb 20 15:03:39 EST 2006


Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:44:49 +0100, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
>> 
>> I have 256K, by the way.
>>
> Ouch... I pray it is not running some variation of Windows... (My
> TRS-80 Model III/4 [upgraded motherboard, same case] had 128K of RAM is
> a 32K fixed, and three 32K bank-swapped segment -- in 1982). And I had
> 512K in my Amiga A-1000.
> 
> W98SE was just usable on 256M (of highly expensive RDRAM at the time
> -- going from 128M to 256M was $800). On a cold boot I'd have 135K free
> (and that was with the vcache limited!)... A little PhotoShop work would
> suck up the rest easily. And then... the 64K GDI space would get
> trashed...

OK, you all had your laugh now, move on.

Peter, who can't count to 2**you-name-it





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