Ok I understand now, thank you very much! On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:05 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> "Jaime Gago" <cont...@jaimegago.com> wrote >> When I run it via IDLE it's taking way more time than if I run it via a >> (bash) shell (on Os X 10.6) while doing $>python -d mypp.py >> I'm really curious from a performance perspective as to what could cause >> such a noticeable difference. > > IDLE is a development environment. As such it adds lots of extra hooks and > debugging things to the execution environment. (For example it traps things > like Ctrl C) In addition, being a GUI written in Tkinter, it has a slower > output mechanism > so print statements will be slower. > > IDLE is not intended to be used to run code except during development, it has > ot been built for speed but for debugging. > > HTH, > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
