How many is "too many" with lists?

[Andreas Jung]

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 11:17:47AM -0400, Matthew Hirsch wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a rough number of elements in a list that python or a computer 
> has trouble dealing with?  I'm using a P233 with 64MB RAM.  I have 
> ~25000 elements in a list, and things seem to be slowing down.  Is there 
> some number that I should try avoiding?

We're using dictionaries and lists with about 30000 elements
and a total size of over 150 MB. All you need is enough RAM
to keep your data in the main memory.

Cheers,
Andreas