Performance - Startup

startup.py

import sys
print sys.version
raise SystemExit()

startup.py

Python

$ time python startup.py 
2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11) 
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)]

real    0m0.147s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m0.030s

Jython

$ time jython startup.py 
2.2a0

real    0m2.578s
user    0m1.430s
sys     0m0.250s