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From: culliton@srg.af.mil (Tom Culliton x2278)
To: haahr@mv.us.adobe.com
Cc: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re:  Speed of rc
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 11:58:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9304091158.aa11610@ceres.srg.af.mil> (raw)

Paul writes:
> ok, now i understand what's going on.  yes, if you use test a lot in rc,
> it will go slowly.  if your /bin/sh has a test builtin, that will run faster.
> there's no surprises here, you're just comparing apples and oranges.

The issue can't be dismissed that easily.  I've seen relatively pokey
behaviour even in scripts that have been written using exclusively
builtin functions.  I'm not espousing the idea of building test into
rc, just asking if some tuning could be done, particularly in the areas
that I mentioned before.

Tom


             reply	other threads:[~1993-04-09 18:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1993-04-09 15:58 Tom Culliton x2278 [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1993-04-15 20:26 speed " Tom Culliton x2278
1993-04-13 20:26 Byron Rakitzis
1993-04-13 21:23 ` John Mackin
1993-04-13 23:42   ` mycroft
1993-04-12  5:51 Speed " Paul Haahr
1993-04-08 23:09 Paul Haahr
1993-04-08 22:31 Tom Culliton x2278
1993-04-09  0:38 ` Scott Schwartz
1993-04-09 15:23   ` John Mackin
1993-04-13 19:26     ` Chris Siebenmann
1993-04-13 21:13       ` John Mackin
1993-04-09 16:32   ` Dave Mason
1993-04-09 16:39     ` John Mackin
1993-04-09 19:22       ` Dave Mason
1993-04-09 21:12         ` Chris Siebenmann
1993-04-08 20:14 Byron Rakitzis
1993-04-08 15:45 Paul Haahr
1993-04-07 19:50 Tom Culliton x2278

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