Monika Jisswel wrote: > Would a program using a continuouse loop such as in this code take up > resources on the system if left for long period ? > > import sys > > while 1: > self.data = sys.stdin.readline() > self.function_1(data)
Not much, I would think, until something is written to stdin of this program, and then it would depend on what function_1 does. > What are my other options is I want to have a running program & other > programs communicate with it & get responses from it ? If I understand what you're asking, there are a few options outlined in the python library reference, here: http://docs.python.org/lib/ipc.html I would add named pipes as another option for *nix, windows may have something similar. And, depending on what you're trying to accomplish maybe xmlrpclib, soappy, pyro, or perhaps even cgi. HTH, Marty _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
