[NCLUG] RE: [Python-Dev] Judy for replacing internal dictionaries?

[Tim Peters]

[Alan Silverstein]
> Tim, looks like you grok Judy well enough to experiment with it, and
> understand the tradeoffs/etc.  So I have nothing substantive to add now,
> maybe Doug will though.  Glad to see you playing around with it, anyway.
> We hope you'll find it good enough to be hard to ignore.  :-)

I've been the designated nano-optimizer everywhere I've been for closing on
25 years, so I recognize a well-engineered performance solution partly by
its sheer impenetrability <wink>.  Judy has the all the right signs of a
gonzo solution that really works.

> Well my layoff notice came through from HP and I'm busy wrapping up, but
> still happy to chat with anyone about Judy, and/or send docs and example
> programs on request.  New email address pending, old one for now.

Well, that sucks.  Then I'm triply overjoyed HP let you folks release Judy
under the LGPL!  I'm never going to work on a closed-source project again --
half my best work is sitting on tapes in some bankruptcy court's vault,
unused and untouchable.  During the last financial meltdown, it occurred to
me that the only code I was still able to work on was the stuff I had
contributed to Python over the years.  Open Source may not pay big bux, but
at least I can share everything I do now.  Something to keep in mind when
the devil next tempts you with a non-trivial salary <wink>.