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Re: QTile – An XMonad-like tiling WM written in Python

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it's still garbage collected. And GC should be done by the python interpreter proper, so it would be in native code.

A tiny portion of Python's total execution time.

Don't get me wrong; I expect Go to be far more performant than Python. Just, they're both garbage-collected, and I have no reason to expect GC perf (specifically) to differ.

Re: QTile – An XMonad-like tiling WM written in Python

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A tiny portion of Python's total execution time.

Don't get me wrong; I expect Go to be far more performant than Python. Just, they're both garbage-collected, and I have no reason to expect GC perf (specifically) to differ.

Which just shows that learning about GC algorithms is a must.

http://gchandbook.org/

And the differences between value types, AOT compiled code execution, bytecode interpreters and FFI marshalling costs between bytecode interpreters and native libraries.

Re: QTile – An XMonad-like tiling WM written in Python

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post #12

FWIW, I've been using qtile for several years now, switching from awesome. Nice things: - tiling WM with support for floating windows - useful widgets out of the box (CPU/mem/network graphs, clipboard notification, audio volume) - works well most of the time - highly configurable and scriptable - you can set the active group ("virtual desktop) for each screen individually, whereas awesome has virtual desktops that co…

> - bug: QT applications leave withdrawn "empty" windows on the screen if qtile is reloaded (which happens when displays are connected or disconnected)

Late reply, but this might fix it:

https://github.com/qtile/qtile/pull/1807

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