With the binaries /usr/sfw/bin/python and /usr/sfw/bin/idle the results are 0.002279 resp. 0.222831 secs for the same print test.
The Python version is 2.3.3 and IDLE version 1.0.2 on the same Ultra 20 Opteron box running Solaris 10. /Jean Brouwers sam wrote: > i forgot to mention that i'm running a version of python 2.3 (think > it's 2.3.5), as that's what was installed and i'm not hooked up to the > internet with the ultra 20 yet. that may account for some of the > difference. > > sam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list