Python: performance, footprint, multi-threading, etc.

Wed May 26 14:11:27 EDT 1999

Tim Browse <timb at tdv.com> writes:

> to actually run Python scripts, etc.  What I'd like to know is, is it
> necessary for it to be this big?  i.e. are there language
> features/extensions that can be easily disabled which will reduce the
> footprint of the system?

Yes. The Python.dll contains the implementation of all C-implemented
modules. If you say that some functionality is not needed (e.g
cPickle), you can easily strip the DLL. Disclaimer: This is a guess, I
haven't actually done so.

Regards,
Martin