From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 13 16:52:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA08075 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 16:52:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA08070 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 16:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.7.5/8.6.9) id SAA04861; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 18:51:23 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199604132351.SAA04861@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Unices are created equal, but ... To: groudier@iplus.fr (Gerard Roudier) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 18:51:23 -0500 (EST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu In-Reply-To: from "Gerard Roudier" at Apr 13, 96 10:44:24 pm Reply-To: dyson@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Even if this benchmark is a little questionnable, I invite people who say or > write that Unix B is FASTER than Unix A to stop, or to say or write > the OPPOSITE. > I suggest that you benchmark recent versions of both (say FreeBSD-current vs. Linux-current). FreeBSD fork/exec perf has gone up significantly, among other things. Please compare equivalent vintages. Note also that the Byte/Lmbench benchmarks DO NOT measure systems under significant VM load. Remember, simple algorithms work quickly until you actually use them. John dyson@freebsd.org