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From: Rajappa Iyer <root@[127.0.0.1]>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Sparc vs. x86 speed (was Re: Linux vs BSD)
Date: 03 Feb 1997 09:10:28 -0500
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tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:

> In all honesty, I would have to say that in my experience of pgcc (with -O6)
> both under Linux and FreeBSD is that it hardly makes any difference.

I must disagree... after compiling the kernel, fvwm and XEmacs with
gcc -O6 -mpentium, the performance of my Linux box is noticeably
zippier.
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