2008/11/25 Adrian Chadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/11/25 Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> I believe most of the synthetic numbers (mp3 encoding etc.) difference >>> comes from the different version of gcc the different OS uses... >> >> You're very likely right. Ubuntu 8.10 has gcc 4.3.x - it could make for >> the small difference in gzip and 7z compression performance. > > Well, that should be a reasonably easy thing to test and feed back to > the author.
OTOH if the goal is to measure "operating system" performance, this must also include the compiler, libraries and all. (for example, what does Solaris default to nowadays? I think it ships with gcc but not as default). The hold on gcc 4.3 in FreeBSD is, after all, political (licencing). If FreeBSD base ever switches to LLVM+clang, this means libc will be compiled with a non-gcc compiler which will forever change the performance for simple "real world" benchmarks. _______________________________________________ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
