Re: what kind of computer for programmer ?

SAILOR99 wrote:
> Hey !
>
> I want to buy machine exactly for what I'm going to do.
> What is the best computer for programmer ?
> I'm considering x86 , SPARC, PowerPC.

Yes.

Yes, as in, I have all of those machines. I recommend one of each.
Solaris can be run on X86, but it does not like to dual boot
with other systems, and in any case, the market for x86 Solaris
apps is zero, so you are going to have to try out on a sparc in
any case.

> Is there a big difference between time of compiling on a
> machine with x86 1GHz CPU and SPARC 500 MHz ? Or maybe
> PowerPC with 700 MHz would be better ?

Compling any but the largest of programs is not a significant
factor anymore. Todays machines long ago passed the point were
compile time is a factor. They are trying to edit video, or
run Doom3. The power available is far in excess of what is
needed to compile things.

As an example, I compile libraries against the full Windows
API headers, notorious for being a time hog, its 100's of
thousands of lines of code, in less than 5 minutes.

>
> I'm not having any problems with Unix so that argument won't work
> here.

Unix is a better environment to write programs to, Windows/Mac
is a better environment to find IDEs for (although Eclipse may be
changing that).

>
> I would be grateful for any advice.
>
> Paul
>

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Null MDE / MDB failure
    ... Yes we do know about the auto correct - all machines have this switched ... Then open the database in the older version and compile ... > differences on the machines that do fail. ... We use Access 2k to get to the MDE ...
    (microsoft.public.access.forms)
  • Re: cannot install 64bit Net SDK 2.0 Beta
    ... You'll need to talk to your OEM about obtaining XP x64. ... Because x64 machines contain the 32-bit instruction set ... The thing you have to ask yourself is why you need to compile for 64-bit? ... handful of assemblies are compiled for one platform or another. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework)
  • Re: Perl 5.8.4 -> AIX Install issues
    ... I'm still having compile problems, and I'm starting to get really ... We have a few 5.1 boxes ... Perl 5.8.4 compiles just fine on our 4.3.3 machines, ... I've tried rolling back the GCC ...
    (comp.unix.aix)
  • Re: Future of Delphi 7.x - need official word from Borland
    ... I can't really trust that applications that I compile with ... > machines that don't have .NET installed. ... that D2005 Win32 applications run properly on Win32 machines that don't ...
    (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
  • Re: Is sentience an emergent brain behavior?
    ... I can give examples of learning machines that can change their ... not the environment. ... defective understanding of behaviorism that there's no point taking you ... behaviors without opening up the internals of a chess program I would ...
    (comp.ai.philosophy)