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You'll notice the usual benchmark section is missing from there. The one that tells you python 2.6 is XXX% faster than python2.5 This is because often 2.6 is

by illume 18y ago

You'll notice the usual benchmark section is missing from there. The one that tells you python 2.6 is XXX% faster than python2.5 This is because often 2.6 is slower than 2.5. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-September/082371.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-September/0... Some things are faster, and some are slower. But for the normal benchmarks mentioned in the release notes (for 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5), it's slower overall.

llimllib 18y ago
$ python2.6 /opt/local/lib/python2.5/test/pystone.py Pystone(1.1) time for 50000 passes = 0.867314 This machine benchmarks at 57649.2 pystones/second $ python2.5 /opt/local/lib/python2.5/test/pystone.py Pystone(1.1) time for 50000 passes = 0.970622 This machine benchmarks at 51513.4 pystones/second (which is not to say it's always, or even usually faster; just that it's certainly faster on the standard benchmark)