rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: > On Jun 14, 1:15 am, Giorgos Tzampanakis > <giorgos.tzampana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am I the only one who thinks this is terrible advice? > > I would expect a typical desktop app to run for a couple of hours -- > maybe a couple of days.
Is a web browser a “typical desktop app”? A filesystem browser? An instant messenger? A file transfer application? A podcatcher? All of those typically run for months at a time on my desktop. Any memory leak in any of those is going to cause trouble, please hunt them all down with fire and exterminate with prejudice. -- \ “Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to | `\ recognize a mistake when you make it again.” —Franklin P. Jones | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
