[Python-Dev] Reduce memory footprint of Python

[Benjamin Peterson]

2013/10/8 R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>:
> In this context, if we'd been *really* smart-lazy in CPython development,
> we'd have kept the memory and startup-time and...well, we probably do
> pretty well on CPU actually...smaller, so that when smartphones came
> along Python would have been the first high level language used on them,
> because it fit.  Then we'd all be able to be *much* lazier now :)

Even on desktop, startup time leaves a lot to be desired.



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Regards,
Benjamin