Article of interest: Python pros/cons for the enterprise

Carl Banks pavlovevidence at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 18:24:19 EST 2008


On Feb 21, 1:22 pm, Nicola Musatti <nicola.musa... at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are other downsides to garbage collection, as the fact that it
> makes it harder to implement the Resource Acquisition Is
> Initialization idiom, due to the lack of deterministic destruction.

That's not a downside: it's at least a wash.

In C++ you manage memory and the language manages resources.  In
Python you manage resources and the language manages memory.

RAII is merely one way of minimizing complexity.  Garbage collection
is another way.


Carl Banks



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