Antoine Pitrou writes:
On Sat, 30 May 2015 01:49:10 +0200 Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> wrote:
For performance patches we have to consider our responsibility for the environment. Every improvement means more speed and less power consumption. Python runs of hundreds of thousands of machines in the cloud. Python 2.7 will be used for at least half a decade, probably longer. Servers can be replaced with faster machines later and less fossil fuel must be burned to produce power.
Please keep your ideology out of this.
Bad idea, unless you have benchmarks and engineering studies proving that that effect doesn't exist and never will. In a community of volunteers, ideology is typically a great motivator. If it weren't for ideology (specifically, RMS's), many of us wouldn't be here, and quite likely nothing like the current Linux and BSD ecosystems would be available yet, and maybe not at all. Which points to a better idea: Harness ideology to encourage contributions that help us all. Hey, Christian, maybe you know some sustainability advocates who'd like to help fund that work? Or do the programming?