On 5/29/2015 20:34, Nick Coghlan wrote:
On 30 May 2015 09:57, "Antoine Pitrou" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:> > On 2015年5月30日 01:49:10 +0200> Christian Heimes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:> > For performance patches we have to consider our responsibility for the > > environment. Every improvement means more speed and less power > > consumption. Python runs of hundreds of thousands of machines in the > > cloud. Python 2.7 will be used for at least half a decade, probably > > longer. Servers can be replaced with faster machines later and less > > fossil fuel must be burned to produce power. > > Please keep your ideology out of this.I'm a qualified engineer (in computer systems engineering), so caring about environmental sustainability is part of my professional ethical standards, not just a matter of personal preference: http://www.wfeo.org/ethics/ Given the power draw of large data centres, the environmental impact of performance improvements to the Python 2 series is a point well worth considering.Cheers, Nick. > > Regards > > Antoine. > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev> Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ncoghlan%40gmail.com_______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/tritium-list%40sdamon.com
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