Christopher Faylor wrote:
Wow. I never expected that bash would actually be faster.
I would appreciate getting a few more benchmarks for other packages.
If this holds out then moving to bash is a no-brainer.
FWIW, there has been a concerted effort in libtool-2.0 to replace
fork/exec'ed subprocesses with builtins whenever available (e.g.
fork/exec on ash, but if SHELL=bash/ksh/..., use some builtin
construct). This is bound to help with respect to configury-type
"benchmarks" as projects upgrade their libtools.
Thus, things are only going to get better, in the ash-vs-bash race.
With respect to alternatives, I was thinking about packaging that up for
cygwin anyway, because the new family of automake packages could use it,
instead of the hacked-together pseudo-alternative scheme it's using now.
I haven't had a chance to look into it yet, tho.
--
Chuck
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