On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 09:07, Michael Urman <mur...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think Glenn Linderman hit the use cases on the head; I'm unclear why
> he was against the overhead of a helper executable.


Interpreter startup time is increasing with every version IIRC**, so adding
another slowdown means we have to step very carefully in this area. I'm +1
for much of the usability side of things, but we must remain mindful of
performance.


** I've run some numbers but they're at work, so I'll have to grab them
tomorrow.
_______________________________________________
Python-Dev mailing list
Python-Dev@python.org
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev
Unsubscribe: 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Reply via email to