[Python-Dev] Python Benchmarks (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Jun 3 16:37:09 CEST 2006

Tim Peters wrote:

then process time is measured, not sampled, on any modern operating system: it is updated whenever the scheduler schedules a different thread. That doesn't seem to agree with, e.g., http://lwn.net/2001/0412/kernel.php3 under "No more jiffies?": [...] Maybe this varies by Linux flavor or version?

No, Fredrik is right: Linux samples process time, instead of measuring it. That only proves it is not a modern operating system :-)

I would still hope that Windows measures instead of sampling.

Regards, Martin

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