Richard Menedetter wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> 12 Oct 2000, Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> CV> It is a million times more friendly than Linux.
> Could you explain this ??
> I personally find that Linux is VERY friendly.
> (the only problem is that at first the many options are irritating ...
> but I have to admit that I like THAT way much better, as the M$ way to not
> even make those options available to the user.)
My experience with Linux has been limited to relatively small hand-made
distros like Dragon and Pygmy. They work well enough if you already know
a lot about Linux. Documentation varies between non-existent and wrong
with a short stop at obscure. I found certain conventions (directories,
filenames, etc) to be quite counter-intuitive. That is, I didn't like it.
TSX, on the other hand has copious and instant context-sensitive help
available at the hit of a function key.
Plus the directory structure and conventions are so DOS like that only
occasional FUs occur. (Doesn't seem to like "..\")
> CV> Because it was written in "C" it is large and runs at creeping
> CV> speed.:(
> Hmmm ... what would be faster than C (expect assembler/machine language) ?
What other useful language is there ? (expect assembler/machine language)
> To my knowledge C is the fastest 'high-level' language.
> (good c code is half as fast as direct machine code, but you can use all
> the advantages of a high-level language ...)
> And with the optimizing features of modern compilers this gap is even
> reduced.
Good "C" code almost never exists outside of the laboratory or some special
competition. As for the so-called optimizing features of modern compilers,
IF such happen to be used they can only convert monkey code to baboon grade.
You say ASM is only twice as fast as "good C". I say ASM is three times as
fast as any "C" you are using every day. (Windows 9x)
> With the new 64 bit generation CPUs from AMD and Intel the Optimization
> will be so complex that it will be very hard to produce code that is
> equally fast as the result of a well optimizing C compiler !
In the lab, still.;-)
- Clarence Verge
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