netconf and python

[David MacKinnon]

On 9/19/07, Bernd Zeimetz <bernd at bzed.de> wrote:
>
> > I personaly don't see any benefit in rewriting netconf in C. I'm pro
> > it entering a rewrite phase after prototyping, but there is no reason
> > it can't remain Python based.
>
> Python application like to eat much more memory than well written C apps do.
>

Define "much". Yes, beasts like Zope use a bucketload of memory. I see
a couple of python daemons running on my workstation that use about
the same amount of memory as a bash shell though ;-)

Certainly that sucks for embedded devices with limited memory. Are
they going to be a common target for netconf though? (Serious
question)

-David