Just to show how much a system set up impacts these results: Result from suse10.1 64 , python 2.4 with AMD FX-55 cpu and about 12 active apps running in the background. 7200rpm sata drives.
Preparing data... [write_data1] Preparing output file... [write_data1] Writing... [write_data1] Done in 5.43 seconds. [write_data4] Preparing output file... [write_data4] Writing... [write_data4] Done in 4.41 seconds. [write_data_flush] Preparing output file... [write_data_flush] Writing... [write_data_flush] Done in 5.41 seconds. [write_data_per_line] Preparing output file... [write_data_per_line] Writing... [write_data_per_line] Done in 4.4 seconds. [write_data_once] Preparing output file... [write_data_once] Writing... [write_data_once] Done in 4.28 seconds. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
