Re: Make on XP - shell selection?

[Yongwei Wu]

On 26/10/2007, Earnie Boyd <address@hidden> wrote:
> Quoting grischka <address@hidden>:
>
> > Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >
> >> >    make CVS as is :
> >> >        7.09 seconds
> >> >
> >> >     make CVS with per command path search :
> >> >        2.81 seconds
> >> >
> >> >     Surprised?
> >>
> >> No, you didn't reboot first.
> >>
> >> Earnie
> >
> > Is this serious or a joke?
> > If serious: No, both from cache. No disk activity involved.
>
> Yes, I mean that you didn't boot first.  There are caches that you
> don't consider.  Each test needs to be started from a freshly booted
> computer for any timed test involving paths.

However, the fully-cached results make sense too, since it is often
the case with smaller projects. It would be interesting to see
fresh-after-reboot results too, though I do not expect to see vastly
different results.

Best regards,

Yongwei

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