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John Richard Moser posted <415441BA.2000706@×××××××.net>, excerpted below, |
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on Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:48:10 -0400: |
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> | Some of the more interesting parts would be fex. python performance and |
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> | performance of python apps. |
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> Again, hard to quantify generically. I'm sure certain python operations |
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> will cause SSP to go happy-gilmore on you; process a string 8 billion |
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> times in a tight loop for example. Something in the python interpreter |
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> probably has a vulnerable looking function (i.e. a function with a local |
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> character pointer) and does very little with the string. |
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The definitive benchmark for Python in Gentoo would certainly have to be |
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portage, in terms of what's going to affect the most people. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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