"Art Kendall" <a...@drkendall.org> wrote
Is there a way to tell python to use more RAM?
Only in an arcane way you should never need. This is not Fortran
and Python does all the memory management for you so you don't
need to worry 99.9% of the time.
BTW is Python some kind of a grandchild to Algol which was around in the
early 70's? It seems reminiscent.
Yes it is a long way down the heirarchy but it is part of the Algol family
of imperative languages, being descended via Pascal and B which
became C. And they both influenced ABC which became Python...
The links are there but not too strong. There are equally strong links
to functional languages like Lisp and OOP languages like Simula
(which itself has a link to Algol)
Pretty much every modern programming language traces its family
tree back to either Algol or Lisp or both. Even VB has as much in
common with Algol as it does with the original BASIC.
HTH,
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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