Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file

[Tim Chase]

On 2016-05-02 00:06, DFS wrote:
> Then I tested them in loops - the VBScript is MUCH faster: 0.44 for
> 10 iterations, vs 0.88 for python.

In addition to the other debugging recommendations in sibling
threads, a couple other things to try:

1) use a local debugging proxy so that you can compare the headers to
see if anything stands out

2) in light of #1, can you confirm/deny whether one is using gzip
compression and the other isn't?

-tkc