Re: [MacPerl] MacPERL Performace vs. Intel Class systems

[Charles Albrecht <albrecht@gate.net>]

>Rather than provide some very obscure benchmark program, here is a simple
>little test program that I have used to benchmark various platforms:
>
> [Code trimmed]
>
>This file will create a new file (ptest.dat) of about 600K containing the
>numbers from 1 to 100000.
>
> [Benchmarks trimmed]
>
>I cannot understand why the 8500 isn't much faster than a Pentium/60 and
>why a Quadra 800 isn't closer to the same speed as a 486/66.

The test is at least as much a test of Disk I/O (where MacOS suffers
greatly) as it is of processing power.  In a test which is somewhat
more computation-intensive, I suspect that MacPerl will fare better
when compared to Wintel perls.

-Charles
 <albrecht@gate.net>

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