Is it possible to fasten the import of cgi?

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:15:44 -0300, Gabriel Genellina <gagsl-py at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
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> I'll try to explain better: the cgi *protocol* (I'm not talking about the 
> cgi *module*) requires a *new* python process to be created on *each* 
> request. Try to measure the time it takes to launch Python, that is, the 
> time from when you type `python ENTER` on your shell and the interpreter 
> prompt appears.

On my Mac Mini with all of Python on local disk:

tuva:~> time python </dev/null
0.024u 0.012s 0:00.02 150.0%    0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w
tuva:~> time python < /dev/null
0.028u 0.004s 0:00.02 100.0%    0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w
tuva:~>

I.e. about 200--300ms. I assume startup time >> shutdown time.

If Python was at the other end of a NFS file system, much worse figures.

/Jorgen

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