On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:38:56 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:24:27 +0200 > Tom Wijsman <tom...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I have one; it's great to help make my boot short, but it isn't > > really a great improvement for the Portage tree. Better I/O isn't a > > solution to computational complexity; it doesn't deal with the CPU > > bottleneck. > > If the CPU is your bottleneck, Python won't help you. Python's threads > are fine for making IO easier, but the GIL prevents them from being of > any use for CPU intensive calculations. > > Having said that, the CPU isn't your bottleneck. That's assuming you would go threaded, but you can also aim for lower algorithmic complexities; the complexity makes the CPU the bottleneck. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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