I tried your suggested tests on a PowerPC G4 with jessie installed, up-to-date.
Avian is only available in unstable ... it didn't work for me either, same result you got. For Zero, clojure ... 70 sec to first prompt, 2 sec on first operation, fast on repeat. scala ... 5 sec to first prompt, 55 sec on first operation, 5 sec on repeat For JAMVM, clojure ... 15 sec to first prompt, fast on first operation, fast on repeat. scala ... 5 sec to first prompt, 15 sec on first operation, 3 sec on repeat HTH Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/043c4831-eb73-4415-a3eb-f8b26a0bc...@googlegroups.com
