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From:	Tim Prince <timothyprince AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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To:	Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>,
	Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw AT birdseye DOT view DOT net DOT au>
Subject:	Re: New user / CD installation problems
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2003 07:20:25 -0800
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Wednesday 12 March 2003 06:52, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> --- Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw AT birdseye DOT view DOT net DOT au> wrote:
>
> > You solved just about all my problems.  The speed problem, that
> > everything takes 10 or more times as long as on Linux, I assume is
> > normal...
>
> Well, yes and no. On cygwin, gcc, for example, definitely runs slower than
> gcc on linux on the same hardware. 
Maybe slower when accessing files.  A major cause of slowness, where cygwin 
binutils did not support data or code alignment, was fixed recently.  I 
compare gcc performance on Windows and linux frequently.  Don't judge cygwin 
by an old version.
>But there are some common sources of
> extra slowness such as antivirus scanners, accessing network drives, etc.
> Also if you're like me and have a Athlon XP2400+ linux box and a Pentium
> 233MMX laptop, the speed difference is... noticeable.
>

-- 
Tim Prince

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