On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Drexx Laggui [personal] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But my point is: the Linux kernel and all its userland is built with > > GCC. My understanding is that the kernel won't build with the Intel > > compiler. So compared to other software which is built with the better > > compiler, Linux will always be on the losing end. > > I'd guess that it all depends on the applications. In the early > 2000's, when I was still with Check Point Software, we had the early > versions of VPN-1 / Firewall-1 for Red Hat Linux compiled with gcc. > Even then, shunting the packets between interfaces was much faster > than MS Windows Server, 10% to 20% improvement (if I remember > correctly), even when using the Security Servers (versions of > proxies). I don't know now because I'm long gone from them already.
Well the old versions of windows had a notably crappy network stack... but all things being equal. ex. MacOS is compiled with the Intel (or is it Metrowerks) compiler and is FreeBSD-based. In my (limited) experience, MacOS X on equivalent hardware is far snappier than either Windows or Linux. But that's psychological... it would be interesting to have comparisons. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
