Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'true,': 0.05; 'binary': 0.07; 'input,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'gui': 0.12; 'windows': 0.15; 'effect,': 0.16; 'from:addr:torriem': 0.16; 'from:name:michael torrie': 0.16; 'parts,': 0.16; 'underlying': 0.16; 'wxpython': 0.16; 'apps': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'drawing': 0.19; 'user.': 0.19; 'version.': 0.19; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'tend': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'equivalent': 0.26; 'certain': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'usually': 0.31; '(although': 0.31; "user's": 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'framework': 0.33; 'except': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; 'doubt': 0.36; 'library.': 0.36; 'done': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'behind': 0.37; 'starting': 0.37; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'itself': 0.39; 'subject:can': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; 'areas': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'such': 0.63; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'influence': 0.74; '"look': 0.84; '95%': 0.84; 'computers.': 0.84 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at torriefamily.org Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 22:14:18 -0600 From: Michael Torrie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131118 Thunderbird/17.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: What can Nuitka do? References: <4bfec709-263b-4c82-93ed-054432fd9d7e@googlegroups.com> <53ae31d6$0$29985$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <2f8d99b4-7a0b-47bf-8980-41f51cf7a9e7@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <2f8d99b4-7a0b-47bf-8980-41f51cf7a9e7@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1403928865 news.xs4all.nl 2925 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48284 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73694 On 06/27/2014 09:44 PM, CM wrote: >> Additionally, in most GUI apps (although not all), >> the main bottleneck is usually not the programming >> language but the user. GUI apps tend to spend >> 95% of their time idling, waiting for the user. Its >> been a *long* time since the GUI framework itself >> has lagged behind the user's input, except > > Although that is true, I have found that I have > managed to get wxPython apps to feel laggy in certain > parts, particularly on not-very-fast computers. I > can see this in starting up the program and some > other areas such as repainting damaged windows > rapidly. It's not a huge effect, but it does > influence the "look and feel" and I care about it. I highly doubt this lagginess has anything to do with Python, honestly. If you're seeing slowdowns in the areas you state, you'll probably experience the same issues in the equivalent C++ version. All drawing is done by the underlying binary library. I've made GUIs in GTK and Qt with Python and never had any that was appreciably slower than C or C++ apps.