Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Apr 1999 08:50:17 -0400 (EDT) | From | Steve Willer <> | Subject | Re: Performance Comparision |
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Phillip Ezolt wrote:
> While that is true for "scientific" analysis, a user who picks up BSD will > see the performance difference, and not care whather it was a result of > compilers, linker, etc.
That's only if all they do is compile. If you're going to use compiling for a generalized benchmark, then you're using compiles to represent real-world speed in other areas. And again, we're back to Alan's point.
I can tell you that personally, I don't spend that much time compiling. I worry about interactive X speed, database speed, networking speed, and speed running Apache. For these purposes, I certainly wouldn't trust a compile-time test that doesn't make all variables equal except for the OS.
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