[Pythonmac-SIG] re: 1.6a1 + threading vs. 1.5.42 (stackless)+ uthread vs. no threading at all

[Erik van Blokland]

Brad Barnhorst wrote:
>1.6a1 Non-threading:    11.6038808823 total, 1.16 seconds per run
>1.6a1 Threading:       115.963225842 total, 11.60 seconds per run
>1.5.2c1 microthreads:  ???
>
>
>It looks like 9.x vs 8.x doesn't make much of a difference.

That's a relief... Oh well, there must still be something wrong with 
threading then :-(. Thanks for checking.

>I can't get the continuation module to build, and haven't got the time
>today to try to figure this out (thank you, IRS!).  If anyone cares to
>send some directions, 

You don't to build it if you downloaded the stackless PythonCore: it's 
built in. What can go wrong is that Python insists on using the original 
PythonCore. What you then should do is park the old one in a new folder, 
place the stackless core where the old one was, and run ConfigurePython. 
If you start the Python interpreter the version should look like this:

Python 1.5.42+ (#43, Apr  8 2000, 15:14:08)  [CW PPC w/GUSI w/MSL]
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> 

Good luck,

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