On Wednesday 12 March 2003 06:52, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > --- Michael Talbot-Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. >
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