[maemo-developers] Python memory use (was: [maemo-developers] Maemo 2.0 final release available)

[From: Tommi Komulainen]

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 09:15 -0300, ext Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
> On 7/10/06, Tommi Komulainen <tommi.komulainen at nokia.com> wrote:
> >      2. memory consumption
> >      4. run-time speed?
> 
> These are not an issue, really. Since python does garbage collect, in
> the long run it may show even more memory efficient than pure C, which
> may leak.

Memory leaks in C are fixable, just takes some effort. OTOH the python
interpreter / wrapper overhead are not. I've also been told that python
never releases memory back to the system, though that ought to be
fixable. Whether those are significant issues I haven't measured, just
some rough edges to keep in mind.


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Tommi Komulainen                            <tommi.komulainen at nokia.com>