Intermittant slow startup

[Michael Hudson]

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

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