On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:27:14AM -0800, Bill Schottstaedt wrote: > I don't think this is a problem; you can usually turn off > the GC during time-critical code, and in most cases, such code > is in C anyway (handled via a foreign function interface), and > at least in normal use, you're in control at that level. I don't know about other garbage-collected languages, but there is no way to temporarily disable GC in Python, nor any way to force it to run at a particular time. > Besides, modern hardware is far faster than people seem to > realize, and modern GC's don't spend much time on a sweep. > Gad, now I'll have to go and run some tests... That would be interesting. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's POLITICALLY CORRECT DERVISH FEMINIST! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)
