David Mertz wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 6:40 AM Mark Shannon m...@hotpy.org
> wrote:
> > I NEVER care about memory at all... except inasmuch as it effects speed.
In my admittedly idiosyncratic experience, memory is usually by far my most
constrained resource. I do care about it, even if pyth
I am totally against arbitrary limits in the CPython reference implementation
and in the language as a whole.
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On 11 Dec 2019, at 12:12, Mark Shannon wrote:
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your feedback so far.
Previously I asked for "more precise" feedback, which has been
interpreted as evidence backed feedback. That's not what I meant.
My fault for not being clearer.
Your opinions without any justific
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 11:12:59AM +, Mark Shannon wrote:
> Another thing I would like feedback on this:
> My justification for a single limit of one million across the board is
> to ease memorization and learning.
> Is that sufficient justification, or would differing limits be better?
Why
On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 11:38, Mark Shannon wrote:
> Your opinions without any justifications are welcome, but I need precision.
>
> For example, saying "I don't want any limits ever for anything" is
> precise, but saying "A limit of 1 million is OK provided the performance
> improvements justify i
On 11/12/2019 11:12, Mark Shannon wrote:
P.S. On the subject of tradeoffs, here's a bonus question:
What, in your opinion, increase in memory consumption is acceptable for
a 1% improvement in speed, or vice versa?
Depends on the phase of the moon, the hardware I'm trying to run on, and
the pr
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 6:40 AM Mark Shannon wrote:
> P.S. On the subject of tradeoffs, here's a bonus question:
> What, in your opinion, increase in memory consumption is acceptable for a
> 1% improvement in speed, or vice versa?
I NEVER care about memory at all... except inasmuch as it effects
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 6:40 AM Mark Shannon wrote:
> Another thing I would like feedback on this:
> My justification for a single limit of one million across the board is to
> ease memorization and learning.
>
Is that sufficient justification, or would differing limits be better?
>
Absolutely not
