"Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:CAPTjJmrBU9K0aoJyCUmif1FCExtbsuq27pGxiRvyNd=yvn-...@mail.gmail.com... > > The point of this thread isn't really about Windows, so I'll try to > keep it brief, but there are a couple of things I should clarify. The > first one is about the 4+ second import time for decimal. I cited > that, recently, and comparing that with "almost instantaneous" on > Debian (which is what I experience) isn't entirely fair, because it's > more about cold cache versus warm cache. (When I shut down IDLE and > fire it up again, I get sub-second import time. Not as fast as the "so > quick as to be immeasurable" that my Debian box gave, but still > quicker than the 4ish second cold cache.) >
Which version are you talking about? I have an old, slow box running Windows Server 2003 and python 3.3.2. I have just booted it up now, called up a command prompt, typed 'python' to start the interpreter, and typed 'import decimal'. The interpreter prompt re-appeared in the blink of an eye. Are you talking about something else? Frank Millman -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list