Python 2.1 performance

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "PG" == Per Gummedal <p.g at figu.no> writes:

  PG> Running pystone (average 3) AMD Duron 650 - win2000

  PG> 1.5.2 - 10605
  PG> 2.0 - 10282
  PG> 2.1 - 9482

  PG> Is pystone a special case or is there a general drop in
  PG> performance ?

I use the compiler package (in Tools/compiler) as a benchmark; use it
to compile itself.  I also see that 2.1 is slower than 2.0 and both
are slower than 1.5.2.  Haven't taken the time to figure out why.

Jeremy