Python Programming Contest

Brian Quinlan brian at sweetapp.com
Fri Jul 15 07:41:22 EDT 2005


James wrote:
> I am not sure if it is a good idea to use a LiveCD for OS when you are
> testing for speed. CD access speeds fluctuate and may even impact
> performance even if you start measuring after the module loading is
> complete.

It didn't seem to matter in my testing. Module loading is done before 
the test is run.  Also, it is easiest to protect my system against 
malicious code if it is being run on an OS without a writeable filesystem.

Cheers,
Brian



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