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Re: [Xen-devel] xend leaks/bugs/etc

To: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xend leaks/bugs/etc
From: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:34:36 -0500
Cc: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Harry Butterworth <harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Allen Short <washort@xxxxxxxxxx>, ncmike@xxxxxxxxxx
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Jacob Gorm Hansen wrote:
> 
> Not if you factor in the footprint of the python compiler and runtime
> and its large set of standard modules, and its unpredictable runtime
> performance (memory leaks and lack of static checking). It seems to me
> the 'python for xend' experiment has failed, and that this is further
> evidenced by that fact that a) Anthony/IBM has decided to write a
> competing implementation from scratch b) Xend developers blame Twisted,
> and now c) Twisted developers blame Xend. Short of name-calling, I do
> not see how we can proceed from here.

Bad code or difficult-to-use code can be written in any language (or
with any framework), statically typed or not, interpreted or not. There
is no shortage of terrible tools written in C. :)

-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center

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