From: bgeer <bgeer AT xmission DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Win2k on dual processor - help?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:27:07 +0000 (UTC)
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Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> writes:

 >>  >I would need the date and size of the binary to be sure, but this 
 >>  >sounds correct.
 >> 
 >> -rw-rw-r--   1 bgeer    bgeer      648704 Mar  1 02:19 bash.exe

 >This is wrong.  The current bash.exe on Simtel is 573,440 bytes and is
 >dated 12/24/2001.

 >If you could find a DJGPP image which runs slowly, and do a little
 >debugging it would be nice to know what procedure it's calling which
 >is slow.

bash is not the only program exhibiting extreme sluggishness.

Using "less" to display a file within cmd.exe is slow.  Typing 'q' to
quit less is very prompt, even before display begins.  I'm now
convinced that it is the actual display of stdin/stderr output which
is slow.  Using MS "more" within cmd.exe is quick.  

emacs display is very sluggish, yet typing the exit command gives
instantaneous result.

This problem appears isolated to the dual processor machine to which I
have access, & I only have access to 1 now.  I may soon get a chance
to try on another.

As I noted before, all these same programs work very well on single
processor machines.

Wierd.

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