On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote: > 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?
I did it in IDLE, which might have added a bit, but not hugely. It was 3.4.0, so the module in both cases is the C-accelerated version. My suspicion is that you've used the decimal module already on that system, so you had a warm cache. When I repeat the exercise, I get sub-second load times (usually of the order of 100-200ms); the difference between that and your "blink of an eye" would be to do with exactness of measurement, CPU/HDD performance, etc, etc, etc. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list