On 01 September 2006 11:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:12:59AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >>> Is it just me or is cygwin fork(), or a support syscall underneath, >>> terribly slow for some reason? >> >> Some reason == "lack of O/S support". > > Yes I can understand that. I'm assuming there is some CreateProcess() > magic happening behind the scenes. However, what I've noticed is that it > is WAY slower than one would think it to be.
Why, how slow were *you* expecting it to be? I was expecting it to be 7. 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/