[Python-ideas] PEP 432: Simplifying the CPython startup sequence

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:10:47 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Performance
> -----------
> 
> CPython is used heavily to run short scripts where the runtime is dominated
> by the interpreter initialisation time. Any changes to the startup sequence
> should minimise their impact on the startup overhead. (Given that the
> overhead is dominated by IO operations, this is not currently expected to
> cause any significant problems).

Do you have any actual measurements to back this up?

Regards

Antoine.