> Antoine Pitrou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is for a warm cache. > > If you drop your caches first (like this under linux) you get quite a > different story... > > $ sudo sh -c 'sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' > $ time python -c "" > > real 0m1.393s > user 0m0.004s > sys 0m0.004s
But still that's only one second for the worst case where nothing is in the filesystem cache (I suppose it would be higher under Windows). You won't find lots of programs which launch in less than one second when none of their dependent files are in FS cache. > I imagine having the stdlib in one .zip will stop lots of seeking and > improve the first time. Someone would have to test it to know the extent of the improvement. _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
