On 7 Feb 2007 09:44:32 GMT, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Franz Steinhaeusler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>Yes, people have compiled Python with gcc on windows. I believe it is >>>slightly slower than the standard release, but I would guess that may >>>depend on the exact versions of gcc/msc you choose to compare, and the >>>exact compiler options you choose (or I may even be imagining it >>>entirely). >> >> I cannot imagine, that there is a decisive difference, especially as >> in gcc, you have also a couple of options. >> >I did a quick comparison running pystone and taking the best of several >runs: > >On one system which had the Windows Python 2.4 distribution and also >Python 2.4 installed under cygwin: > > Windows Python 2.4: 46k > Cygwin Python 2.4: 41k > >On another system which has a dual boot setup: > > Windows Python 2.5: 43.7k > Ubuntu Python 2.5: 42.0k > >So in the first case there was about a 12% improvement and in the second >case about 5% improvement using the Windows distribution. > >I don't know whether the gap is closing from improvements in gcc or >whether there is an OS related difference as well. Unfortunately cygwin >doesn't appear to offer Python 2.5 yet.
Hello Duncan, interesting test, so this little gap don't care at all (for me). If the difference would be say 30% or more, than that would make a perceptible difference, I think. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
