On Friday 08 February 2002 05:16 pm, fooler wrote: > Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma) > Kernel 2.4.7-10 on an i686 > > [fooler@noc01 temp]$ perl -v > > This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i386-linux > > [fooler@noc01 temp]$ time ./exp.pl > > real 0m6.522s > user 0m6.520s > sys 0m0.000s > > [fooler@noc01 temp]$ time ./bit.pl > > real 0m6.347s > user 0m6.340s > sys 0m0.000s > > FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE (FOOLER) #0: Thu Jan 31 20:34:58 PHT 2002 > > [fooler@noc01 temp]$perl -v > > This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd > > [fooler@noc01 temp]$time ./exp.pl > > real 0m9.603s > user 0m9.461s > sys 0m0.008s > > [fooler@noc01 temp]$time ./bit.pl > > real 0m7.463s > user 0m7.361s > sys 0m0.000s > > Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic February 2000 > > $ perl -v > > This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i86pc-solaris > > $ time ./exp.pl > > real 7.8 > user 7.8 > sys 0.0 > > $ time ./bit.pl > > real 7.3 > user 7.3 > sys 0.0
Fooler, Interesting to note that linux beats the others by a marginal amount (on the same hardware). Is this because of the OS itself? Or because it's 5.6.0 release of Perl? Or was your linux installation more tweaked (processes, io, etc)? -- Deds Castillo Infiniteinfo Philippines Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows 95/98/2K _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
