On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Antoine Pitrou <[email protected]> wrote:
> Daniel Stutzbach <daniel <at> stutzbachenterprises.com> writes: > > I sometimes do million-digits calculations that I want to interrupt using > Control-C.(particularly when I didn't *intend* to do a million-digits > calculation... ;) )-- > > Sure, but it's no different than doing, e.g.: > list(range(100000000)).sort() > That's a good point, although I can't recall the last time I accidently created a painfully large list. I can recall the last time I started a painfully large integer computation. Being able to stop the interpretter with Control-C instead of kill -9 is a minor convenience, though. I could live without it. (Although I can't speak for everyone, of course) -- Daniel Stutzbach, Ph.D. President, Stutzbach Enterprises, LLC <http://stutzbachenterprises.com>
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