> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Thorsten Kampe > Sent: 25 June 2004 18:50
> * Rajiv Chopra (2004-06-25 17:10 +0200) > > I'm a bit of a novice to cygwin, but after installing it on > my PC, I was very > > pleased with the ability to compile my C++ code with g++ > and get faster runtimes > > than on our SUN servers at work. > > Are you sure of that? For instance Cygwin executables are said to run > at half the speed of their native windows clones because of the Cygwin > compatibility layer. Yes, but a years-old SUN running a SPARC cpu at maybe only a couple of hundred MHz is still not really a match for a recent PC with a P4 clocked at up to 3 gigs! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/