"keirr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snap]
> I wouldn't, especially[1] if your thousands of business objects get > allocated/deallocated as the system runs. Currently python's memory > usage can grow rapidly (from the perspective of the o/s) when large > numbers of objects are repeatedly created and freed. Isn't it true that in recent Python releases, one may replace the default GC with custom one? > On the other hand, you could use a combination of python and C++ > (perhaps using boost's python wrapping code). The ability to create > C/C++ modules is a "get out of jail free card" - if you did manage > to convince your company to go with python, and it fell short in > some area, a custom C module could be a handy trick. In fact, it is not a trick -- combining C with Python is fairly approved way of speeding up the app :) -- http://www.peter.dembinski.prv.pl -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
