[Python-Dev] Re: Python 2.1 slower than 2.0

[Eric S. Raymond]

Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>:
> The strange thing is that I notice a difference between -O2 and -O3
> with 2.1a1, but in the opposite direction.  On pystone, python -O2
> runs consistently faster than -O3; the difference is .05 sec on my
> machine.  

Bizarre.  Make me wonder if we have a C compiler problem.
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