Franco Fiorese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Windows XP Pro: 16566.7 pystones/second > * Linux (kernel 2.6.9 NPTL): 12346.2 pystones/second > > I have repeated the test, on Linux, also with other distributions and > kernel but a relevant difference still exists with Windows offering a > better performance. > > Is there any way, that you know, to get better performance under Linux?
I hate to say this but the Windows C compiler may be beating GCC in output code. Doing anything about it may require a lot of careful profiling and tuning. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list