On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:45 AM, BJörn Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pedro was talking about cold startup time: > > $ sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" > $ time python -c "pass" > > real 0m0.627s > user 0m0.016s > sys 0m0.008s
$ sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" $ time python -S -c "pass" real 0m0.244s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.008s With -S (don't imply 'import site' on initialization) I suspect that's to do with importing modules, the site specific modules, etc. Disk access will tend to chew into this "startup time". Use -S if you're that worried about startup times (heaven knows what affect it'll have on your app though). --JamesMils -- -- -- "Problems are solved by method" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
