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From: warren@ltw.org (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
Subject: Re: What do people have against BSD (or Linux for that matter)? (was: Whither NeoSoft)
Date: 1 Feb 1995 14:30:47 -0500
Organization: Light of the World Christian Church, Milford, NH.
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Message-ID: <3gonh7$6rj@zion.ltw.org>
References: <3g3s2k$6i@villa.fc.net> <3g8b6m$plu@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3g9eev$egq@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3gc00m$cld@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <id.AOYG1.3SH@nmti.com>
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>Friendly local SS-10, no other users.
>% uname -a
>SunOS wssql01 4.1.3 1 sun4m
>% /bin/time sh -c "echo '2^8192' | bc > /dev/null"
> 8.2 real 7.8 user 0.0 sys
>486 DX2/66, no other users.
>% uname -a
>FreeBSD bonkers.taronga.com 1.1.5.1(RELEASE) BONKERS#21 i386
>% /usr/bin/time sh -c "echo '2^8192' | bc > /dev/null"
> 4.71 real 3.88 user 0.15 sys
>Alpha OSF/1 (DEC 4000/710), heavily loaded:
>% uname -a
>OSF1 sonic.nmti.com V3.0 347 alpha
>% /bin/time sh -c "echo '2^8192' | bc > /dev/null"
>real 3.8
>user 1.6
>sys 0.1
Sun4/50
3.2 real 1.9 user 0.2 sys
Hp9000/735
real 5.2
user 4.9
sys 0.0
RS/6000 with PowerPC Chip
real 2.5
user 2.2
sys 0.0
Seems like my nifty SPARC is as fast as a PowerPC!
This seems like a useless benchmark.
--
Warren Lavallee Sr. System Administrator Light of the World
Any views expressed in this message other than bible verses, are not
neccesarily the official position of LTW, unless otherwise stated.
<A HREF="http://www.ltw.org">Light of the World Christian Ministries</A>