On 08/04/14 22:30, Grant Edwards wrote:
Unix maybe, but what about Windows? Is it efficient to create
processes under Windows?
Processes are very heavy-weight on Windows.
Not surprising given its VMS heritage. I remember running shell
scripts under VMS on a VAX-11/780 that took hours to do what would
have taken minutes on an LSI-11 running Unix. The whole Unix "small
tools working together" paradigm is based on the assumption that
process creation and death are fast and cheap.
That is one reason software tend to be monolithic on Windows, including
build tools.
Running a configure script used to take forever, but thankfully
computers are getting faster.
Sturla
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