-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 12, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Neil Schemenauer wrote:
> Larry Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am opposed to using LGPL- or GPL-licensed code in Python. > > Me too. Also, I don't see the point. Python's current long integer > performance is good enough for the large majority of Python users. > For the few specialized users, an extension module should serve. > Maybe I missed something but I thought the real concern was the > performance of the PyLong type when representing relatively short > integers. Is GMP a solution to that? Back in the days of a previous employment, we used some homegrown extensions to give us GMP support in our embedded app. In a fit of rewrite-mania, we ditched it all and stuck with Python's own long integer support. Made our lives easier and we didn't feel we lost anything in terms of accuracy or functionality. We gained in performance but I can't attribute that solely to Python's implementation, since we also ditched a level of abstraction in the process. In any event, I'd agree that Python's current support is probably good enough for most people. - -1 on GMP in the core. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRugqlHEjvBPtnXfVAQLu5AP/TolPljxJuqOeEUDrJo1cT0c3FgpJY3RE WSCiIC9+5GW1DSkcZvbO5DzHJH6qYd7HL7z1n2D+AMSH7NFQU4G7yXIkTd4AAibW U3M7KSLEh/q75+lnx5nIoHrPB1A0lJU+c34Ly/kuusE5x4JIeuITkorQYKRDCcKs ZcGFOtGs4pE= =Ysmv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
