Intermittant slow startup

[Michael Mossey]

Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote in message news:<m3fzbesmcx.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>...
> michaelmossey at yahoo.com (Michael Mossey) writes:
> 
> > Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message news:<4071A86D.97CA6CAE at alcyone.com>...
> > > Michael Mossey wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Runnng python 2.2 on HP-UX, I get intermittant slow startup.
> > > > Sometimes python starts up in a small fraction of a second, and
> > > > sometimes takes 3-5 seconds.  This applies to any script I run, or
> > > > just typing 'python' at the prompt.
> > > > 
> > > > I also observed something similar on Linux.
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas what would cause *intermittant* slow startup?
> > > 
> > > Caching?  Is it a long time between invocations that it takes a long
> > > time to start up?
> > 
> > It is quite intermittant without much of a pattern I can see.  One
> > thing that is definitely true is that if I start up python several
> > times in a row one right after the other, some can be slow and some
> > fast.  I just observed it start fast twice, then start slow.  I don't
> > remember if it ever does the other way around but I think it does.
> 
> Does HP-UX have a version of strace/truss/ktrace?
> 
> Cheers,
> mwh

Yes, it has strace.  What do I do with that?

-Mike