Intermittant slow startup

[Erik Max Francis]

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?

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