On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:15:44 -0300, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > 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 -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.dyndns.org> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
