Edit - Software Engineering Stack Exchange

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Required fields*

Rev

3

+1, but just to this, if your program connects to a network (or the internet) for any reason, that could cause this as well.

Morons
– Morons

2013-10-04 13:17:28 +00:00
Commented Oct 4, 2013 at 13:17
6

Also it may be that the program was loaded into to memory, or need some form of compilation on the first run.. so that made it slower. It not uncommon for the the first run of code to be slower than all subsequent runs.

Morons
– Morons

2013-10-04 13:18:50 +00:00
Commented Oct 4, 2013 at 13:18
Since it's a python program, there was definitely some form of compilation on the first run, and the second run probably used the cached .pyc file(s) to avoid it.

Useless
– Useless

2013-11-14 15:11:01 +00:00
Commented Nov 14, 2013 at 15:11

Add a comment |

Correct minor typos or mistakes
Clarify meaning without changing it
Add related resources or links
Always respect the author’s intent
Don’t use edits to reply to the author

create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)

<https://example.com>

[example](https://example.com)

<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

formatting help »
answering help »