Peter Wemm wrote:
> What this shows is that vfork() is 3 times faster than fork() on static
> binaries, and 9 times faster on dynamic binaries. If people are
> worried about a 40% slowdown, then perhaps they'd like to investigate
> a speedup that works no matter whether its static or dynamic? The
:What this shows is that vfork() is 3 times faster than fork() on static
:binaries, and 9 times faster on dynamic binaries. If people are
:worried about a 40% slowdown, then perhaps they'd like to investigate
:a speedup that works no matter whether its static or dynamic? There is
:a reason that p
I *know* I'm going to regret posting this, but if people care about
the speed of their shell, then perhaps you want to look at this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:46am]/tmp-149> cc -O -o vforkathon.dynamic vforkathon.c
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:46am]/tmp-150> cc -O -static -o vforkathon.static vforkathon.c
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