From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 596A11381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0B97E0919; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gerard.telenet-ops.be (gerard.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.48]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB2CE08DC for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:10:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TOMWIJ-GENTOO ([94.226.55.127]) by gerard.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id pAAX1l00U2khLEN0HAAX0D; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:10:31 +0200 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:07:57 +0200 From: Tom Wijsman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Packages up for grabs Message-ID: <20130617000757.3bb64664@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> In-Reply-To: <20130616223856.61345cf3@googlemail.com> References: <1371376191.10717.15.camel@localhost> <1371390923.28535.67.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <20130616164445.0c8f8f55@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <1371402560.28535.79.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <1371403298.22480.8.camel@localhost> <20130616202324.45cb3262@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130616232427.063566d4@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130616223856.61345cf3@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.18; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/n+tdtVEf3Z+ccx_CUCwAzs3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 0f839a10-0669-4aa4-a2bc-7f0af5f31427 X-Archives-Hash: 9d54b36c441594cc9d9b3bbe195eb469 --Sig_/n+tdtVEf3Z+ccx_CUCwAzs3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:38:56 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:24:27 +0200 > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > I have one; it's great to help make my boot short, but it isn't > > really a great improvement for the Portage tree. Better I/O isn't a > > solution to computational complexity; it doesn't deal with the CPU > > bottleneck. >=20 > If the CPU is your bottleneck, Python won't help you. Python's threads > are fine for making IO easier, but the GIL prevents them from being of > any use for CPU intensive calculations. >=20 > Having said that, the CPU isn't your bottleneck. That's assuming you would go threaded, but you can also aim for lower algorithmic complexities; the complexity makes the CPU the bottleneck. --=20 With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D --Sig_/n+tdtVEf3Z+ccx_CUCwAzs3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRvjc9AAoJEJWyH81tNOV9OmYH/25KdngzyE3V+F1xnmK/Y3V1 SKXws322ja+F2KM2iKB2fH8dg65V6ZTm8cPn0tFsCtQOaJnFzWhLpfS6LcOL1mNQ /nLhntJ0u6MlXcdO4nxdVWEKcQj88hhl4W/H422t95BouHHyaHr6iNwEQlmXc5ji u9WE2w1c8AzPhJJrRYnaEcsDWJ4/VneSWAAHWhocZpA4mus8CnGpJ0J0/TESAJJP NfQi7m068Db0+efbcQBb++sLYNLPqChy3VnMIcttYGchfqEfp9nqsgTcMpm0LvPQ mbHysMxjMUarKddyJF+9ar0g2UhuVQ0SoZ52ojcGBIgfLwAqAz4kNACuJEC7wfc= =q/Zf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/n+tdtVEf3Z+ccx_CUCwAzs3--