[Python-Dev] iterzip()

[Tim Peters]

[Andrew MacIntyre]
> OS/2 EMX (2.2.1 without pymalloc)
>   justpush   0.59
>    justzip   8.85
>
> OS/2 EMX (recent CVS with pymalloc)
>   justpush   0.54
>    justzip   8.81
>
> FreeBSD 4.4 (2.1.1 w/o pymalloc)
>   justpush  89.72
>    justzip 110.41
>
> FreeBSD 4.4 (recent CVS with pymalloc)
>   justpush  19.21
>    justzip  46.32
>
> The FreeBSD box is more mature hardware (P5-166).

By "more mature" in this context I assume you mean more "obsolete" than
"better developed".

> I'm surprised at the difference in the 2 sets of results on it.  AFAIK,
> the compiler version and switches are identical for the two interpreters
> (the 2.1.1 is from the binary package on the FreeBSD 4.4 CDs).

justpush() primarily tests realloc() speed, and pymalloc isn't (yet)
involved in managing list-gut memory.  So I expect this has much more to do
with the libc(s) they're using than with the compiler(s).