I would be much interested on the performance of python on some high-end SPARC box.
From my limited testing (using pystone.py), the SPARCs appear to be _much_ slower for python code.
my home Celeron450 runs at
[hannu@kodu hannu]$ /usr/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 1.71 This machine benchmarks at 5847.95 pystones/second
and dual PentiomIIIXeon 500/512 IBM Netfinity at:
[hannu@nf hannu]$ /usr/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 1.65 This machine benchmarks at 6060.61 pystones/second
It would be nice to get some comparison numbers from other chip architectures.
I have two data points. iMac 266MHz Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 2.41667 This machine benchmarks at 4137.93 pystones/second
(preliminary data - I'll get processor data etc tomorrow). Solaris 2.6 - Sparc 103 % bin/python /usr/local/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 4.17 This machine benchmarks at 2398.08 pystones/second Another Solaris (2.7) box 102 % python /usr/local/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 3.85 This machine benchmarks at 2597.4 pystones/second I'm gobsmacked! Tone.