From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 13 18:18:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA11877 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 18:18:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.io.org (post.io.org [198.133.36.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA11872 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 18:18:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zap.io.org (taob@zap.io.org [198.133.36.81]) by post.io.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA19557; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 21:14:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 21:17:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao To: Gerard Roudier cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Unices are created equal, but ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, Gerard Roudier wrote: > > BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11) > System -- Unix A gerard 1.3.87 #31 Sat Apr 13 18:34:46 GMT 1996 i586 [...] > BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11) > System -- Unix B gerard 2.0.5-RELEASE XXXXXXXXXXXX: Fri Oct 20 00:30:52 1995 gerard:/usr/src/sys/compile/GERARD i386 Why are you trying to make an anonymous comparison? It is obvious you are running Linux 1.3.87 as "Unix A" and FreeBSD 2.0.5 as "Unix B". > 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. A *little* questionable? I'd say the benchmark is completely useless. Comparing code that was released today with code that was released a year ago proves nothing. Try running at least a stable snapshot of FreeBSD, or better yet a -current release. -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org) Systems and Network Administrator, Internex Online Inc. "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"