Improving interpreter startup speed

[Terry Reedy]

Benjamin Kaplan wrote:

>     I disagree. The extra time Python takes to start makes it unsuitable
>     for many uses. For example, if you write a simple text editor then
>     Pythons longer startup time might be to much.
> 
> 
> You must be in a real big hurry if half a second matters that much to 
> you. Maybe if it took 5 seconds for the interpreter to start up, I could 
> understand having a problem with the start up time.

The secret is to start Python at least a second before one is actually 
ready to start.