Re: python memory use

2009-09-30 Thread Bearophile
Gary Robinson: >(I could test the particular case I mention, but I'm wondering if someone has >some fundamental knowledge that would lead to a basic understanding.)< Java is one of the languages most avid of memory, often even more than Python 2.x. Some bad people have said that Java developers

Re: python memory use

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Rubin
Gary Robinson writes: > I'd be interested in knowing whether anybody can share info about > how representative those test results are. For instance, suppose > we're talking about a huge dictionary that maps integers to lists of > integers (something I use in my code). Would something like that > r

Re: python memory use

2009-09-30 Thread TerryP
Honestly, the only performance data involving Java, that would ever surprise me: is when a Java program takes less time to startup and get going, then the computer it is being run from did ;). When planning-ahead for a project, I look at what performance the language implementations offer, in the

Re: python memory use

2009-09-30 Thread Isaac Gouy
On Sep 30, 7:38 am, Gary Robinson wrote: > The chart > athttp://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all〈=ja...is very > interesting to me because it shows CPython using much less memory than Java > for most tests. > > I'd be interested in knowing whether anybody can share info ab

Re: python memory use

2009-09-30 Thread Mensanator
On Sep 30, 9:38 am, Gary Robinson wrote: > The chart > athttp://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ja...is > very interesting to me because it shows CPython using much less memory than > Java for most tests. Which version of Python? If you're talking 3.x for Windows, a

python memory use

2009-09-30 Thread Gary Robinson
The chart at http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=javasteady&lang2=python&box=1 is very interesting to me because it shows CPython using much less memory than Java for most tests. I'd be interested in knowing whether anybody can share info about how representative