Python CGI speed on MacOS X

[Tony Lownds]

Day-to-day use of Mac OS X can cause quite a load on your machine. 
What does uptime say?

[localhost:~/Linux] tlownds% uptime
 7:21PM  up  1:17, 1 user, load averages: 0.91, 1.17, 1.22

With that status (pretty quiet since Classic is running), my pystone
is:

[localhost:Python-2.1/Lib/test] tlownds% python pystone.py 
Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 2.96
This machine benchmarks at 3378.38 pystones/second

And the startup time is:

[localhost:Python-2.1/Lib/test] tlownds% time python -c "pass"
0.240u 0.020s 0:00.60 43.3%     0+0k 0+2io 0pf+0w

Finally try

setenv PYTHONCASEOK 1

And see how it affects the numbers above. I think I saw a difference
while my machine was under serious load, but not when it was quiet.

-Tony

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johnca at DIESPAMmac.com (John Abbe) wrote in message news:<johnca-1807011504080001 at nop009.transbay.net>...
> In article <mty9pm9ou8.fsf at astron.berkeley.edu>,
> johann at leporello.berkeley.edu wrote:
> 
> > John Abbe writes:
> > 
> > > I'm running MacOS X on a PowerBook G3 400MHz, and have Python 2.1
> > > installed (from http://tony.lownds.com/macosx/).
> > 
> > I've got the same computer, and I do notice Python being a bit more
> > pokey than it should be.  I suspect some weird intereaction between
> > the Apple-patched gcc compiler and the Python source.
> 
> Maybe the 10.1 release of OS X will help.
> 
> Anyone else able to offer insights?