Messages in this thread | | | From | Todd Graham Lewis <> | Subject | Re: Faster depend written in Perl | Date | Sun, 28 Jul 1996 04:21:26 -0400 |
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> > > I have an old 386/33 and running 'make depend' takes a long time. > > Upgrade! 486 motherboards with CPU are so cheap that there is no > > excuse.
"In order to run Linux, you need a Pentium with 16 MB of RAM."
Do we really want to start sounding like that other operating system? (Hint: no.)
On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> Not always the case. Quite a few people are running 386's because 486's > are not cheap (to them, or where they are located).
Or in my case, because the person in question is cheap. I prefer to keep my 386 and spend my cash on some non-virtual brew, thank you very much.
> Since the perl depend is faster on all machines using it seems to be > a 2.1 common sense item. Don't however assume all the world can pop > down the road and buy a 486
Agreed. Is perl considered de rigeur these days, even among the old timers? Being a new timer, I have always considered it as such, but maybe I never appreciated awk's advantages. (Are there any?)
Anyway, I appreciate the speedup on my co-pro-less 386/40.
__ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises tlewis@mindspring.com (800) 719 4664, x2804
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