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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:16007 comp.unix.advocacy:4085 comp.sys.sun.misc:17288 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8062 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: What do people have against BSD (or Linux for that matter)? (was: Whither NeoSoft) Message-ID: <id.AOYG1.3SH@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <3g3s2k$6i@villa.fc.net> <3g8b6m$plu@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3g9eev$egq@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3gc00m$cld@nntp1.u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 23:46:47 GMT Lines: 33 In article <3gc00m$cld@nntp1.u.washington.edu>, Craig A. Johnston <caj@tower.techwood.org> wrote: > That's probably called GCC vs. standard, non-optimized Sun cc, you > dolt. Hope this helps. Try a head-to-head 'echo 2^8192 | bc' for > some kicks. For the record, my '66 does it in 4.1 sec. Friendly local SS-10, no other users. % uname -a SunOS wssql01 4.1.3 1 sun4m % /bin/time sh -c "echo '2^8192' | bc > /dev/null" 8.2 real 7.8 user 0.0 sys 486 DX2/66, no other users. % uname -a FreeBSD bonkers.taronga.com 1.1.5.1(RELEASE) BONKERS#21 i386 % /usr/bin/time sh -c "echo '2^8192' | bc > /dev/null" 4.71 real 3.88 user 0.15 sys Alpha OSF/1 (DEC 4000/710), heavily loaded: % uname -a OSF1 sonic.nmti.com V3.0 347 alpha % /bin/time sh -c "echo '2^8192' | bc > /dev/null" real 3.8 user 1.6 sys 0.1 If performance matters that much, give DEC a call. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Network Management Technology Incorporated 'U` 1601 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Hast du heute schon deinen wolf umarmt?"