On 23.12.11 16:47, Martin Sugioarto wrote:
I thought that the "D" in FreeBSD stands for "distribution". Yes, it's ok that it compiles with LLVM. Does it also run faster in benchmarks?
It does. From a language perspective. It is a "distribution", because at the times BSD was developed, it was not a complete operating system. It was supposed to be "added" to say AT&T System V to make it networking capable etc.
The Linux people use the word "distribution" in a different context.
I don't want to have everything compiled on $COMPILER. I want that there is a reasonable quality. And for me quality is not only stability, but also speed.
You can always have faster algorithm if it is not necessary to produce the right answer.
But if you don't tweak, you get a fair result in a benchmark. This is what you will see as a user of the system. These are the default settings, that means developers chose them as the BEST choice for the system.
Developers are not Gods. Developers have no clue on what system and for what purpose you will use the software. All they may do for you is to provide enough knobs for you to tune your system for your hardware/application and also make sure that the system scales, when you turn the knobs.
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