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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hi All,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hi Neil,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">While searching documentation about Pythons GC and it's behaviour I found references to the python-dev list in ``Modules/gcmodule.c``. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">But unfortunately the links to the list do not work anymore. May someone give me a hint how to find the messages (2. to 4. below).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Is the article (Link 1. below) up to date or were there major changes in the GC strategies since year 2000?</FONT>
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<P><A HREF="http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Modules/gcmodule.c"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Modules/gcmodule.c</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1.</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.arctrix.com/nas/python/gc/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.arctrix.com/nas/python/gc/</FONT></U></A><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2.</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/003869.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/003869.html</FONT></U></A><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3.</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/004010.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/004010.html</FONT></U></A><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">4.</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/004022.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/004022.html</FONT></U></A><BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Background Info:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">We're seriously evaluating Python for use in embedded realtime systems and need some informations about Pythons garbage collector.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">What we're interested mostly in the runtime behaviour of the GC. The main question is:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Does it interrupt the python interpreter to collect stuff or </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> is collecting done more in the background (e.g. just incrementally </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> collecting)? This is an important question for realtime systems with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> well defined reaction times.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Just point me to documentation if available.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Gregoire</FONT>
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