[rescue] Sunburst

[James C]

On 05/20/2010 08:01 PM, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Nemo<cym224 at gmail.com>
> "
> "
> " Here is a story of a wholly subjective comparison of Sparc versus
> " Intel.  I had a U10 (440 MHz and 1 GiB) running Sol 10 as well as an
> " IBM PC (~500 MHz and 1 GiB) running SuSE under my desk.  I was
> " compiling a patched gcc 4.1.2 (for a language that used the gcc
> " front-end) and needed to compile a patched gdb as well.  Both were
> " compiling on the U10 and I was editing with emacs as they trudged
> " along.  I thought: Why not try that on the PC?  The dual compilation
> " brought the PC to its knees with a noticeable delay between the typing
> " of a character and its appearance on the screen.  Compilation on the
> " U10 finished long, long before that on the PC.  (I know. I know.  The
> " PC architecture is crippled, still...)
>
> i'd venture to surmise that s10 is way more polished at multitasking
> than linux.  s10 x86 vs. linux would be illuminating...
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A 440 MHz Sparc is _far_ superior to any 500 MHz PC. I bet you could 
pull off gcc+gdb compiles and emacs editing on any `modern' x86 
workstation.

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