[Python-Dev] Python 3.3 vs. Python 2.7 benchmark results (again, but this time more solid numbers)

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:40:26 +0100
Mark Shannon <mark at hotpy.org> wrote:
> On 27/10/12 20:21, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> >
> > It would be interesting to know *where* the module import time gets
> > spent, on a lower level. My gut feeling is that execution of Python
> > module code is the main contributor.
> 
> I suspect that stating and loading the .pyc files is responsible for 
> most of the overhead.
> PyRun starts up quite a lot faster thanks to embedding all the modules 
> in the executable: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun/

Any numbers?

Regards

Antoine.