Python and the need for speed

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>:

> Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> As swapping is no longer considered normal on modern computers,
>
> It isn't? When did that happen?

Thing is, the moment you start thrashing, the game is over.

Doubly so for Python, whose garbage collector will grind your machine to
a halt as it is traversing the process's heap (which is on the disk).


Marko