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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!ames!purdue!haven.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!analog.eng.umd.edu!marat From: marat@Glue.umd.edu (Marat Fayzullin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Followup-To: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Date: 12 Mar 1997 14:01:05 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 36 Message-ID: <5g6cv1$f5u@hecate.umd.edu> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <5fhkv5$8vj$1@halcyon.com> <5g5bb9$ft$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: analog.eng.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.sco.misc:36549 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37003 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6316 comp.sys.sgi.misc:29094 Mikhail Teterin (mi@rtfm.ziplink.net) wrote: : This is because of a good graphics, somthing SGI has been known for for : a long time. Not the only reason one needs a good machine. How about : compilation times? For fastest compilation times, get Boreland C++...erhh...it is for Windows :) Sorry :) Now, I don't know about other people, but I always cared about *execution* speed first. Compilation speed is secondary. And when talking about execution speed, it is necessary to remind the honored readers that 80x86 CPUs are have no general-purpose registers whatsoever, which makes compiler's task of optimizing the code a hell. On the other hand, MIPS CPUs are specifically designed to make this job easier. Unfortunately, I can not give you the exact figures for MIPS, but the same C program compiled for PPC CPU runs 3 times as fast as the one compiled on a 80x86, given that PPC and 80x86 machines are roughly equal in overall perfomance. The program used for testing was fMSX, which you can obtain from http://www.freeflight.com/fms/fMSX/. : And what about my other reasons against SGI, such as expensive hardware : upgrades? "No-no you need an SGI aproved external CDROM"... Sun, BTW, : wised up and made a PCI motherboard for Sparc (announced today, IMHO). : The MB will fit ATX case... You don't need an SGI approved CDROM. Get a generic SCSI CDROM, and plug it into the box. That is what I ended up doing with an RS6000 system after IBM told us the same thing (well, first I explained to their representative my personal opinion about his company, his management, his hardware, and his mother). Even Nintendo says that you have to use Nintendo-approved batteries for GameBoy :) : And why does OS cost 3,000 dollars (I suppose, it comes installed on the : new machines, but how about upgrades)? Because they want your money, dummy.