[Zope] python locally compiled or binary distribution

[Dennis Allison]

Dieter -- 

I just build Python 2.1.3 locally and ran pystones and compared it to the 
distribution binary version.  I did not tuning and chose no special
options.  On a dual processor 2100+ Athalon I got:

	distribution:	20833.3 pystones
	local build:	20408.2 pystones

I can up the level of optimization a bit (I think it defaults to -O2) but
this seems a bit off from your results.  What flag settings did you use?

On Sat, 31 May 2003, Dieter Maurer wrote:

> Dennis Allison wrote at 2003-5-30 23:36 -0700:
>  > Some time ago Dieter posted a comment where he indicated that he saw a
>  > substantial performance difference using a locally compiled python vs. 
>  > the python shipped with the binary distribution.  Why is this the case?
>  > What sort of performance difference might I expect?  
> 
> The distributed binary probably uses conservative optimization
> options.
> 
> My Python went from 12.000 to 17.500 pystones.
> 
> 
> Dieter
>