Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Miki Tebeka Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: TEST AN EXECUTABLE PYTHON SCRIPT SPEED UNDER A PYTHON SHELL Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:36:26 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 3 Message-ID: <27157671.70.1329330986455.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yndy9> References: <3474662.0.1329289996380.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcpa10> NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.82.8.111 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1329331089 29818 127.0.0.1 (15 Feb 2012 18:38:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:38:09 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <3474662.0.1329289996380.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcpa10> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=75.82.8.111; posting-account=uo-8fwoAAACKsFzFX78JHudx1V7WDXZ0 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:20458 It depends on the overall runtime of the script vs start time of the vm. But yes in most benchmarks the script start time will bias against scripted languages. On a site note: ALL CAPS is considered shouting, please don't use that in news groups.