Python and Boehm-Demers GC, I have code.

[Christian Tismer]

Neil Schemenauer wrote:
...
> With some tuning maybe the gc version of Python will perform
> better than the regular version.

I believe you will need to keep the RC as well, since at
the moment, I think this gives more locality than GC,
as Tim mentioned already.
Early this year, I tried to speed up the VM, and one aspect
I tried was to delay DECREFS, doing them from time to
time in bulks. Although I could measure the extra overhead
away, Python became a little slower. It appears as a rule of
thumb to me: 

        RC is fine. Try to get rid of objects ASAP.

If you can manage to make it rock solid, I would perhaps
like to bundle it with stackless Python. Although, the
collector which Guido proposed a while ago could perform
even better, so I'm still a bit undecided.

ciao - chris
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