From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10395 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2006 04:49:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 10388 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Apr 2006 04:49:24 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net (HELO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net) (204.127.131.117) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:49:23 +0000 Received: from dfw5rb41 (h-66-167-81-67.chcgilgm.dynamic.covad.net[66.167.81.67]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with SMTP id <20060425044921113007os26e>; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:49:21 +0000 From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" To: Subject: RE: cygwin Perl 5x slower than ActiveState? Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:49:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000b01c66823$9e113630$020aa8c0@DFW5RB41> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <043601c667c3$bcc07150$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List X-SW-Source: 2006-q2/txt/msg00137.txt.bz2 > From: Dave Korn > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:23 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: cygwin Perl 5x slower than ActiveState? > > On 24 April 2006 18:17, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 05:51:41PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > >> On 24 April 2006 16:53, Neil E. Deeds wrote: > >>> Anyone have an idea as to why Perl runs this code so much slower > >>> under Cygwin? > >> > >> Look up "emulation layer" in any good technical dictionary :) > > > > But, you forget. Cygwin is emulating linux and linux is > faster than > > Windows. > > That feature isn't implemented yet. PTC though! > > > Dave, you have to think about these things before you just fire off > > email! > > > > The real solution here is to just make sure that all of the time > > functions in Cygwin report figures which support the fact > that Cygwin > > is as fast as Linux. > > Cygwin already *is* four times faster than windows, but > it's implemented in scaled-down step time. One second for > cygwin is about equivalent to pi microfortnights on a real > linux system. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... Ah, yeah, excuse me gentlemen, I believe you're on the wrong list. -- Gary R. Van Sickle