On Feb 5, 6:52 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff wrote: > >IronPythonruns on top of .NET. I would be suspect of any claims that > > it is faster than cPython, just as I would of claims that Stackless or > > Jython are faster. > > Well don't be. There are benchmarks that clearly showIronPythonas > faster for selected tests. Other tests show CPython running more quickly. >
This has been our experience at Resolver Systems. Code that makes heavy use of function calls, non-exceptional exception handling or arithmetic tends to run faster whereas the built-in types tend to be slower. It makes profiling code for optimisation all the more important because all your usual assumptions about Python performance tend to be wrong... Michael Foord http://www.manning.com/foord > As always, a benchmark is only really valuable on a typical workload for > the intended application. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
