[illumos-Developer] webrev: 278 get rid zfs of python and pyzfs dependencies

[Dmitry Yusupov]

> That said, one thing we do need to watch is execution time, for those
programs
> that are frequently run via batching or scripting. I've seen a lot of
fingers
> pointed at IPS being slow due to python's execution overhead.  Now,
I'm not
> sure that really was the case, but it is something we do have to watch
- those
> utilities where execution speed is a concern are definitely a
candidate for C
> rather than python, even if it comes at the expense of code
complexity.

Also, if we want to expand into firmware/embedded space - it is
basically a requirement to minimize core execution time as well as
memory consumption. Having zfs commands be dependent on Python is
ridiculous.