Build CPython and Run pyperformance Benchmarks

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Introduction

This issue documents the steps and results for building CPython on my machine and running the pyperformance benchmarks against it.

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1. Cloning the CPython Repository

The CPython codebase was cloned from its official repository to ensure a fresh and updated source.

2. Building CPython:

• Configuration:
  • Used the ./configure --with-pydebug command to configure the CPython build for debugging purposes.
• Compilation:
  • Ran make -s -j2 to compile the source code. (The -j2 flag was utilized to speed up the compilation by using two parallel jobs.)

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3. Resolving Dependency Issues:

• Encountered issues while trying to use the pip command.
• Attempted to resolve by installing python3-pip using apt, but faced dependency conflicts.
• Successfully resolved the issue with broken dependencies and fixed pip.

4. Running the Benchmark:

• Executed the benchmarking process on the compiled CPython interpreter.
• Command used: pyperformance run --python=./python --output=result_cpython.json.