From owner-freebsd-hackers  Fri Jan 31 20:32:29 1997
Return-Path: <owner-hackers>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA03418
          for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 20:32:29 -0800 (PST)
Received: from ami.tom.computerworks.net (root@AMI.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.95.1])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA03413
          for <hackers@freebsd.org>; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 20:32:27 -0800 (PST)
Received: from bonkers.taronga.com by ami.tom.computerworks.net with smtp
	(Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0vqX7n-0021lDC; Fri, 31 Jan 97 23:32 EST
Received: (from peter@localhost) by bonkers.taronga.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA26914; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:28:47 -0600
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:28:47 -0600
From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Message-Id: <199702010428.WAA26914@bonkers.taronga.com>
To: hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: pib comments.
Newsgroups: taronga.freebsd.hackers
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970106121603.10100D-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
References: <199701040417.OAA22838@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Organization: none
Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

In article <Pine.NEB.3.95.970106121603.10100D-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>,
Jaye Mathisen   <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> wrote:
>My frustration with TCL/TK was related to performance in general, not your
>app.  I've tried TKdesk, and it crawls, and zircon runs like  a dog as
>well.

TkDesk is slow, barely usable under Tcl 7.x, but it is usable on my 486/50.

Zircon is quite snappy, thank you very much, again on the same 486/50.

Under Tcl 8.0a1 WebTk, another program about as slow as TkDesk under 7.x,
is pretty damn fast. If your problem is Tcl speed, then try it with the 8.0
alpha. I suspect that you've got a problem with the Tk side, though, since
your box SHOULD be fast enough to make my head explode.