Re: [swarm-hackers] Speed differences: Linux vs. Windows

[Steve Railsback]

Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Steve Railsback wrote:
> > Before I post these results, do you informed people have anything to 
> > say about how much of the differences can be attributed to the 64-bit 
> > compiler vs. differences in Swarm code vs. other differences?
> > Do you think my final conclusion is reasonable?
> >
> > (In the past, I found negligible speed difference between 32-bit Linux 
> > and Cygwin.)
> I find it less than helpful to get aggregate scores that combine all 
> sorts of issues into one number.
> Different compilers, different versions of Swarm, different instruction 
> sets, different runtimes for POSIX semantics.  About all it says is how 
> much variance can be expected, but without a good model underlying that 

OK, I won't say anything about why the various speed differences occur 
but just seeing the numbers will be useful to other people like me 
wondering whether it's worth switching to 64-bit Linux.

Steve

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Steve Railsback
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