Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.032 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'ascii': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'issue?': 0.09; 'statistical': 0.09; 'suggest': 0.11; 'files.': 0.13; '.txt': 0.16; 'exploits': 0.16; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'laptop.': 0.16; 'message- id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'windows': 0.19; 'trying': 0.21; 'do.': 0.21; '(you': 0.23; 'minutes.': 0.23; 'machine': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.26; 'plain': 0.27; '2.6': 0.27; 'executing': 0.27; 'india.': 0.27; 'run': 0.28; 'post': 0.28; 'received:192.168.1.3': 0.29; 'stuff': 0.30; 'running': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'idle': 0.33; 'ram': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'likely': 0.33; 'text': 0.34; 'text.': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'loaded': 0.36; 'too': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'several': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'group,': 0.60; 'increased': 0.60; 'dead': 0.62; 'improved': 0.62; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'here': 0.65; 'dear': 0.66; 'header :Reply-To:1': 0.68; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'hugely': 0.84; 'reply-to:addr:python.org': 0.84; 'sri': 0.84; 'shocked': 0.91; '30%': 0.93 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=KqrPKBqN c=1 sm=1 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=YsUzL_8ObRgA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=OUOv7kDek9cA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=8AHkEIZyAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=X7Z6wNKJoreKzWZunLgA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:06:08 +0100 From: MRAB User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120614 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Slow output References: <53d49cb1-a68a-49c4-b925-b8a910ac415a@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <53d49cb1-a68a-49c4-b925-b8a910ac415a@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: python-list@python.org 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: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1340820370 news.xs4all.nl 6987 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45899 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:24528 On 27/06/2012 18:33, subhabangalore@gmail.com wrote: > Dear Group, > I am Sri Subhabrata Banerjee writing from India. I am running a small > program which exploits around 12 1 to 2 KB .txt files. I am using MS > Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Python 2.6 where IDLE is GUI. The text > is plain ASCII text. The RAM of the machine is around 2 GB. To run > the program the machine is becoming dead slow and it is executing > only after several minutes. I am shocked as I have run hugely loaded > Statistical Learning stuff only on 516MB RAM on Python using Windows > XP only. And that too on a laptop. I am not getting. I discussed the > issue with my system administrator and he increased the RAM to 8GB > result improved by 30% but not satisfactory speed. May any one > suggest me what may be the likely issue? > Could you post the program here (you say that it's small) so that we can see what you're trying to do.