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it's a compiz plugin written in python. python is slow.
by vomitcuddle 13y ago
it's a compiz plugin written in python. python is slow.
- sp332 13y agoDoes it start a new interpreter every time you open it or something?
- voyou 13y agoThe dash itself is written in C++. It gets some of its data from python plugins, but a) not when it's searching for local files or applications, for which it uses services compiled to native code and b) there's no reason python should be slow for stuff that isn't hugely computation intensive like, say, searching a list of filenames. Whatever Unity's problem is, the choice of implementation language is not it.