Kent, I will check with the systems guys...and the Perl guys down the hall to see if they have the same problem.
Thanks for the help. John Ertl -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Johnson Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:27 PM Cc: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] question about run time Ertl, John wrote: > Kent, > > The files are very small (a few hundred lines). Maybe it is a network > issue? But then why is it always slow the first time in the morning? I > don't know network stuff but that seams a bit strange. Maybe the network access is slow and the files are cached locally after the first access? I think Windows does this... Some things you might want to try: - Open one of the files in a text editor. Close it and open it again. Is it faster the second time? - Write a simple python program to open one of the files and read it. Is it faster the second time you run it? HTH, I'm guessing here. I have definitely seen scripts that run faster the second time and attribute it to file caching somewhere...though I haven't seen such a significant difference as you. Kent > > Thanks, > > John Ertl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:06 PM > To: Ertl, John > Cc: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] question about run time > > Ertl, John wrote: >> I have been using python for sometime...and occasionally I noticed >> significant delay before the code would run but unitl now I have been able >> to write it off to other things. Now I have a short script that I wrote > to >> check some files and print out a few lines. >> >> I have noticed that usually the first time I fire it up in the morning or >> after a long time of not running it, it takes 10-15 seconds to run and the >> output to the screen is very slow...maybe 1 second per line. If I run it >> soon after that it runs and the output is on the screen in less then a >> second. I would think this has to do with compiling but I am not sure. > Any >> ideas how to speed this up? > > Compiling is not that slow. Are you files huge? Possibly they are in the > disk cache after the first run. > > Kent > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
