Another addendum... while running again the server code on a linux host,
the times are as expected. started... Checking with 100240 time for 10 loops: 2.844000 Checking with 10240 time for 10 loops: 0.390000 Checking with 1024 time for 10 loops: 0.078000 Checking with 512 time for 10 loops: 0.063000 Checking with 256 time for 10 loops: 0.063000 Checking with 128 time for 10 loops: 0.062000 Checking with 64 time for 10 loops: 0.063000 Checking with 32 time for 10 loops: 0.063000 Checking with 16 time for 10 loops: 0.062000 Checking with 10 time for 10 loops: 0.063000 Checking with 1 time for 10 loops: 0.063000 The problem seems to be on the windows side. Any ideas ? Thanks, greetings Hans -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list