Re: Is it a bad sign...

Kenny wrote:
....when apropos takes a minute to search for matches?

And speaking of minutes, it has been quite a few waiting for loop to count all the symbols. I wonder why it is so slow, doing maybe 1.5m/minute. And what the hell does apropos know that loop does not about zooming through all the symbols?

Did you compile the loop?


OK, 6.5m symbols. That's a lot, right?

What does your code do? Intern symbols all day?


And where should I put my money in my next computer?

Take a look at
http://arstechnica.com/guides.ars

In particular the System Guides. I personally think the sweet spot is around 4GB RAM with a dual-core 64-bit CPU (and OS). Unless you're willing to learn linux or OS X, Vista's probably the way to go.

- Daniel
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