Polyhedron b'marks | Linux vs Windows

Steve Kargl sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Mon Jun 2 00:28:00 GMT 2014


On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 05:55:15PM -0600, Evan Cooch wrote:
> 
> On 6/1/2014 5:24 PM, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 04:57:48PM -0600, Evan Cooch wrote:
> >> So, all things being equal, faster under Linux than under Windows.
> >>
> >> So (the question) -- why?
> > Well, aren't equal.  So, any conclusion starting with the

s/aren't/all things aren'

> > assumption "all things being equal" is wrong.
> >
> 
> No kidding (but thanks for the semantics lesson). the hardware is the 
> same (which is the point), but the OS's differ). I was looking for a 
> cogent explanation for why the OS made such a difference on the same 
> hardware (using the same compiler...).

Please send responses via a group reply not to me only.

You can't possibly expect a lesson on OS design or a detailed
explanation that the runtime libraries are different.

-- 
Steve



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