Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 07:12:04 +0500 Message-Id: <200004020212.HAA00852@midpec.com> From: prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com (Prashant TR) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <38E6537F.CD6B5D31@mindspring.com> (message from james archer on Sat, 01 Apr 2000 12:52:31 -0700) Subject: Re: Is DOS dead? References: <200004011724 DOT WAA00816 AT midpec DOT com> <38E6537F DOT CD6B5D31 AT mindspring DOT com> Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk james archer proclaimed: > > That really depends on the type of programs that need to be run. Linux can't > > be a solution to everything. > > Yes it can. :o) Oh, yeah. Then try writing a program to find the speed of your L1 and L2 caches (a reliable program). And btw, I use Linux, too. But there are a few things like this that you can't do (or at least they are very hard to do) on Linux due to the nature of the OS. But lets not start another flame war!