In message <mailman.2162.1272018097.23598.python-l...@python.org>, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 16:29 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Any implementation that doesn’t do reference-counting is brain-damaged. > > Why? Because a) it uses extra memory needlessly, and b) waiting until an object has dropped out of cache before touching it again just slows things down. > There are much better ways to do memory management / garbage > collection; especially when dealing with large applications. Especially with large applications, the above considerations apply even more so. If you don’t agree, you might as well stick to Java. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
