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

[Robert Milkowski]

On 12/11/2010 05:05, Jesus Cea wrote:
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> On 12/11/10 01:17, Erik Trimble wrote:
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>> 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.
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> I agree. But the IPS performance issue because of python was not proved,
> and integrating a bit of C inside a python project can make a huge
> difference.
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> See Mercurial, for instance.
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And IPS itself - parts of it have been coded in C.

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Robert Milkowski
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