Dick Moores wrote: > At 10:22 AM 8/24/2007, Kent Johnson wrote: >> So you actually pasted that code into timeit.py? > > Yeah. :-( I think I learned on the Tutor list to do it that way, but I'm > not sure. Thanks for showing me a correct way.
I hope not! >> Using timeit more conventionally I get unsurprising results. This >> program has output: >> 0.497083902359 >> 0.359513998032 >> >> which is more in line with what I would expect. > > Using your exact code, I just got > 0.737564690484 > 1.17399585702 > > Which is the reverse of your result, but on a slower computer. What's up > with that?? I have no idea. Some strange interaction with the memory cache? I'm running Python 2.5.1 on a MacBook Pro (Intel Core 2 Duo processor). How about you? Time for one of the über-wizards to chime in, maybe :-) or post the code and results on comp.lang.python and see what they say there. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
