On Jul 2, 6:26 pm, Irmen de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back in the days my port of Python to the Commodore Amiga machine ran > quite comfortably on a 50 mhz CPU with 4 Mb of RAM. (ok ok it was > Python 1.5.2, that has to be said). > Python started in about 5 seconds on that Amiga if I remember > correctly. I'm quite sure your 'ancient' DEC Alpha box is way more > powerful than my Amiga back then.
Yes, I agree (the box in question is an AlphaServer 1000 4/200), but the killer is the fact that the Alpha is emulating *machine instructions* that are part of the Python image which are not part of the instruction set of that Alpha. That's what kills performance. When I asked about it on the VMS Python forum I was told to give my Alpha to a museum and get a more powerful machine :) I did look briefly at Python 1.5.2, since it is simpler, but I'm taking the trouble I've had as an excuse to learn a new language. So far, I'm liking Lua, save the big pet peeve of starting indices at 1 and not 0 as all sane people do. I'm currently using Python quite a bit for other projects, so it won't be neglected. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
