[Python-Dev] Re: Are we collecting benchmark results across machines

[Guido van Rossum]

> I fixed up my t.py to time both the imports and b.main()

Right, that's what the latest version (1.0.4) now does.

> It reports .. 15.188 seconds on my P(M) 1.6 GHZ machine

Hm...  My IBM T40 with 1.4 GHz P(M) reports 15.608.  I bet the caches
are more similar, and affect performance more than CPU speed...

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