Profiling the Python Interpreter

[Skip Montanaro]

    gb> The problem is evidently the quality of the code produced by gcc
    gb> versus MSVC.

What version(s) of gcc have you tried?  What optimization levels?  I notice
marked improvements in performance if I tailor the optimization level to the
hardware better.  -mcpu=pentiumpro seems to have a fairly substantial
positive impact if you're running on a P-III, for instance.

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