On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 01:31:17AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:18:54 -0700, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The test is to run > > % yes | nl > > for say 30 seconds. VGA text mode was like 100 times faster for me. > > .._sweet_. Try 'time yes |nl '. ;-) > 5608 y > 5609 y > 561 > > real 0m10.684s > user 0m0.120s > sys 0m0.030s > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > ..more benchmarks?
Some of this is down to the terminal emulator as well. xterm got to 18036 in 30 seconds, informally timed, while pterm got to 849123. (pterm has always had some other resource usage issues, mind you.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
