Re: Optimization request

2002-04-05 Thread Daniel Pfeiffer
"Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skribis: > %% Daniel Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dp> Since even on Unix these calls don't come for free either, I'd > dp> like to suggest that you take up the concept of Perl's system > dp> function. That scans the string passed for shell meta

Re: Optimization request

2002-04-05 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Daniel Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dp> Since even on Unix these calls don't come for free either, I'd dp> like to suggest that you take up the concept of Perl's system dp> function. That scans the string passed for shell meta-characters dp> and, if none are found, splits it u

Optimization request

2002-04-05 Thread Daniel Pfeiffer
Hi, not a bug, but I don't know where to send this. We have successfully compiled gmake on the Posix subsystem of Fujitsu-Siemens BS2000 mainframes. Problem is that it is pretty slow, since the concept of fork and exec is foreign to this system. They are emulated in a very costly manner. Si