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From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
To: The rc Mailing List <rc@archone.tamu.edu>
Subject: Re: path caching
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1992 11:19:56 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <92Feb8.122002est.2718@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Sm's message of Sat, 08 Feb 92 17:01:07 -0500. <199202081101.AA05781@cerberus.bhpese.oz.au>

 How many times the path cache 'hit' is uninteresting; the
performance number wanted is how much time it saved. If
you can show a definite useful time saving in a typical
shell-script/user's session/whatever it might be interesting;
otherwise, it's just gratuitous complexity.

	- cks


  parent reply	other threads:[~1992-02-08 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1992-02-08 22:01 Scott Merrilees
1992-02-08 14:32 ` John Mackin
1992-02-08 17:19 ` Chris Siebenmann [this message]
1992-02-09 14:06   ` Scott Merrilees
1992-02-09 18:55 ` Matthew Farwell
1992-02-10 13:34   ` Scott Merrilees
1992-02-12 17:32     ` Matthew Farwell
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1992-02-08 13:31 DaviD W. Sanderson
1992-02-09 14:15 ` Scott Merrilees

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