Re: Chandler, Python, speed

2009-03-08 Thread Ville M. Vainio
Ville M. Vainio wrote: > Alan G Isaac wrote: > >> 3. Chandler is not really an email client. So specifically, >> which of its functionalities is it slow, and what evidence >> if any is there that Python is causing this? > > I remember reading "somewhere" that the cause of slowness is/was > arch

Re: Chandler, Python, speed

2009-03-08 Thread Tim Wintle
On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 22:05 +, Ville M. Vainio wrote: > Alan G Isaac wrote: > > > 3. Chandler is not really an email client. So specifically, > > which of its functionalities is it slow, and what evidence > > if any is there that Python is causing this? > > I remember reading "somewhere" tha

Re: Chandler, Python, speed

2009-03-07 Thread alex23
On Mar 8, 8:05 am, "Ville M. Vainio" wrote: > I remember reading "somewhere" that the cause of slowness is/was > architectural - perhaps it was that chandler was persisting too much stuff > to disk, or something. In any case, this might help you google for more > detail. My understanding was the

Re: Chandler, Python, speed

2009-03-07 Thread Ville M. Vainio
Alan G Isaac wrote: > 3. Chandler is not really an email client. So specifically, > which of its functionalities is it slow, and what evidence > if any is there that Python is causing this? I remember reading "somewhere" that the cause of slowness is/was architectural - perhaps it was that chand

Re: Chandler, Python, speed

2009-03-03 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Mar 2, 1:11 am, Paul Rubin wrote: Mitch Kapor (of Lotus 1-2-3 fame) spent a lot of money hiring very sharp Python programmers to write an email client called Chandler, but from what I understand, progress so far has been disappointing, at least in part for performance reasons. Paul McGui