Python on Tandy Model 102?

[Bengt Richter]

On 30 Jan 2002 12:49:01 +0200, Erno Kuusela <erno-news at erno.iki.fi> wrote:

>In article <83n0yxexo0.fsf at panacea.canonical.org>, Kragen Sitaker
><kragen at pobox.com> writes:
>
>| Why doesn't Python do that?  It doesn't even build a shared library of
>| itself by default, let alone build a tiny executable that uses it.
>
>i noticed this the other day:
>
>(erno at fabulous) home/erno % time /usr/bin/python2.1 pystone.py
>Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 0.95
>This machine benchmarks at 10526.3 pystones/second
>1.00user 0.00system 0:00.99elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
>(erno at fabulous) home/erno % time /usr/local/bin/python2.1 pystone.py
>Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 0.62
>This machine benchmarks at 16129 pystones/second
>0.66user 0.01system 0:00.68elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
>
>the debian-provided /usr/bin/python2.1 is dynamically linked against
>libpython.so whereas the one in /usr/local/bin is not, i can't
>think of other major differences (both have threading enabled, at least).
>
Maybe compiled with different optimization?

Regards
Bengt Richter