Christopher Brewster wrote: > I am running the same script on the same data on two different > machines (the folder is synchronised with Dropbox). > I get two different results. All the script does is count words in > different files and perform a simple set operation on the word lists. > The laptop is a Macbook Pro (2 1/2 years old) running OS X 10.5.5 with > Python 2.5.1 > The desktop is an iMac (brand new) running OS X 10.5.5 also with > Python 2.5.1 > > I have tried running the script on an ubuntu server with Python 2.5.2 > and the results corresponded with my laptop's output. > How can I find out the cause of this anomaly? What tests can I > perform? > OK, as a university denizen you are presumably a smart type. Do you *really* think this is an adequate problem description for debugging?
You might drop lucky, but more information couldn't possibly hurt. We *try* to be mindreaders, but it would help to know whether you are talking about string handling or floating-point computations, for example. If the latter then it's probably because one machine is based on PowerPC architecture and the other is a more recent Intel-architecture Mac. 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
