From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 17435 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2020 17:24:37 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Aug 2020 17:24:37 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1k7MNn-007q0u-Am; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:23:47 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1k7MNi-007pyz-DK for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:23:42 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1k7MNg-00BLNG-6I for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:23:42 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=1elRL+4KLH4zwf1XFY9MlXrIr50SjJWi1Hpg4q7P9a8=; b=JQDa80NvboyGRCmZZFDyj1mLP9 1ODfit8fn57xFOxEFYwsf1XYM192GcggjUCVvJUYTm6AdFz6dmcIxN2bBnAbEsOhjwdSMvWJylOc4 HhBaLPSJIX06UzJemevccVxHZ7z1KHamIn+ceNKOqo72lMsGkQf8M21VqSJm/NjYvN00=; Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18] helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k7MNX-00046R-5c for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:23:34 +0200 Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6F473FA0BC; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:23:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1597598607; bh=1elRL+4KLH4zwf1XFY9MlXrIr50SjJWi1Hpg4q7P9a8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=suG8VKoz3f8iptV7ogoCqsw0pc+yqMz6kCttN8whpa6yS14IsSltVw/5+O/5XhdWg jmI5cTWJpIwoNpbCU/y7cmELCWf5ennu8b6qWM2cHbo72bLrbP9XYV0R4a2f90y/HF ZbNTypRqwIqMwdnkc8ikxrqJf3gsLREsoLC8DtMU= From: Eric Abrahamsen To: Wayne Harris Cc: ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: on a buffer performance test on GNU EMACS 28 References: <861rk7xs1n.fsf@protonmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 10:23:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: <861rk7xs1n.fsf@protonmail.com> (Wayne Harris's message of "Sat, 15 Aug 2020 23:07:00 -0300") Message-ID: <871rk6ijxu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-ID: Precedence: bulk Wayne Harris writes: > On Windows, I said M-x run-python, then said > > for i in range(100000): print(i) > > on both GNU EMACS 28 and GNU EMACS 24. I timed the speed of the > buffer to scroll up. I used my own phone's stop watch. I started out > the slow one first, which was EMACS 24, only after it was running I > started the clock, then I started GNU EMACS 28's code. The result was > > GNU EMACS 28 finishes in less than 8.00 seconds. GNU EMACS 24 > finishes after 24.44 seconds. Incredible difference. I suppose this > will make me upgrade to GNU EMACS 28. > > How do you explain this marvelous difference? Could there i386 versus > i686 have anything to do this? I would doubt it. You probably want to send this to emacs.help or emacs.devel -- this group is emacs.gnus.general, which is specifically for development work on Emacs' Gnus newsreader and mail client. Here at Gnus we're still waiting for our 3x speedup. :)