well if we're interested in that... $ uname -a Linux IT2-JD 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Tue Mar 17 14:28:19 PDT 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
$ python --version Python 2.5.2 $ ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [x86_64-linux] but I was more talking about the speed differences between ruby and python. On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:13:13 +0100 Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > Josh Dukes wrote: > > $ time python -c 'a = "A"; > > for r in xrange(100000): a += "A" ' > > > > real 0m0.109s > > user 0m0.100s > > sys 0m0.010s > > > > Anyone get different results? > > Sure: > > $ time python -c 'a = "A"; > for r in xrange(100000): a += "A" ' > > real 0m0.140s > user 0m0.132s > sys 0m0.008s > > > Stefan > > > (BTW, this is using Python 2.5.2 on Ubuntu Linux etc.pp., but no-one's > interested in these details anyway, right?) > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Josh Dukes MicroVu IT Department -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
