Re: Is a 32-bit build faster than a 64-bit build

2010-11-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:24:09 -0800 (PST) Raymond Hettinger wrote: > Has anyone here benchmarked a 32-bit Python versus a 64-bit Python for > Django or some other webserver? > > My hypotheses is that for apps not needing the 64-bit address space, > the 32-bit version has better memory utilization

Re: Is a 32-bit build faster than a 64-bit build

2010-11-12 Thread Stefan Behnel
Raymond Hettinger, 12.11.2010 22:24: Has anyone here benchmarked a 32-bit Python versus a 64-bit Python for Django or some other webserver? My hypotheses is that for apps not needing the 64-bit address space, the 32-bit version has better memory utilization and hence better cache performance.

Re: Is a 32-bit build faster than a 64-bit build

2010-11-12 Thread Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens
Am 12.11.2010 22:24, schrieb Raymond Hettinger: My hypotheses is that for apps not needing the 64-bit address space, the 32-bit version has better memory utilization and hence better cache performance. If so, then switching python versions may enable a single server to handle a greater traffic l