On Oct 06, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: >What is the usecase for minimizing the memory usage of Python in the >middle of a program?
There are environments where Python is being actively discouraged in part due to its memory footprint. For example, we can't use Python on Ubuntu Touch for long-running processes because the target platforms (phones, tablets) are memory constrained. Python will never be as conservative as C++, but it's also unfortunate that the issue is bad enough for its use to be prohibited. FWIW, Python 3 is acceptable for some short-lived processes on these platforms. -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com