Re: Is it a bad sign...

D Herring wrote:
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?

Down to 1.4s cpu and real. Bouncing is a drag, but when I do I'll mebbe test from scratch, see if the 80s deal aso goes away.



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


What does your code do? Intern symbols all day?


Not my code. Image-dumped hash tables are serving as a poor man's db.


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.

Awesome. Thx for such a precise recommendations. I love not having to think, and this NG is great for that.......that might have come out wrong....

kxo
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