On 2007-07-25, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That might be a memory problem if you are running multiple processes > regularly, such as on a webserver.
I suppose if you did it in parallel 50 processes, you could use up 250MB of RAM. Still not a big deal on many servers. A decent OS will swap regions that aren't being used to disk, so it's likely not to be a problem. If you're talking several hundred instances, you could start to use up serios amounts of VM. Still, I say do it the simple, obvious way first, and optimize it _after_ you've determined you have a performance problem (and determined where the bottleneck is). Premature optimization... -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! This PORCUPINE knows at his ZIPCODE ... And he has visi.com "VISA"!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list