<SYSTEM_TASK:>
Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
<END_TASK>
<USER_TASK:>
Description:
 def fast_exit(code):
 """Exit without garbage collection, this speeds up exit by about 10ms for things like bash completion. """

    sys.stdout.flush()
    sys.stderr.flush()
    os._exit(code)