> I think this should be in the release notes for 2.3. "Python is 10% > faster, unless you use sockets, in which case it is much, much slower. > Do the following in order to regain lost performance and retain the > same semantics:" That is total bullshit, Glyph, and you know it. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)