Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-23 Thread Alex Martelli
Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > > > You may have already considered this, but since I didn't see it > > mentioned in your post, I'll reply anyway. > > > > I believe the Python binaries that Apple includes with OS X are always > > slightly behind the la

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-23 Thread Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Brian, > > You may have already considered this, but since I didn't see it > mentioned in your post, I'll reply anyway. > > I believe the Python binaries that Apple includes with OS X are always > slightly behind the latest that you can get from the official sources.

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Brian, You may have already considered this, but since I didn't see it mentioned in your post, I'll reply anyway. I believe the Python binaries that Apple includes with OS X are always slightly behind the latest that you can get from the official sources. I'm not infront of my Mac right now, s

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-22 Thread Scott David Daniels
Brian wrote: > As one additional question, can someone point me in the direction of a > resource that would explain how I could use Python to tell me what core > is actually handling the process? I am not even sure if something like > this exists, but it would be an interesting feature to explore.

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-22 Thread Brian
As one additional question, can someone point me in the direction of a resource that would explain how I could use Python to tell me what core is actually handling the process? I am not even sure if something like this exists, but it would be an interesting feature to explore. Thanks, Brian --

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-21 Thread Brian
Thank you for your answer. I had a feeling that it would be a threading issue, but I wasn't sure. Brian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-21 Thread Avizoa
> Can I ask why that is, and if there is a way to take advantage > of all 4 within python? Sure. All major programming languages handle concurrency in one of two ways: multithreading or parallel processes. In the standard python interpreter, there is the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL for short) tha

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-21 Thread Brian
Thanks for the response. I was unaware that the G5 was only using one core. Can I ask why that is, and if there is a way to take advantage of all 4 within python? Thanks, Brian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-21 Thread Avizoa
Brian wrote: > I have been a Mac and linux guy since 1998 and except for a handful of > times, have not touched a MS box since then. This changes a few days > ago when I needed to get a MS box for another project. This leads me > to my question... > > A while ago, I borrowed a python script from

performance difference between OSx and Windows

2006-05-21 Thread Brian
I have been a Mac and linux guy since 1998 and except for a handful of times, have not touched a MS box since then. This changes a few days ago when I needed to get a MS box for another project. This leads me to my question... A while ago, I borrowed a python script from someone's blog that show