From: al@imdvlf.acuson.com (Al Petrofsky) Subject: Re: Linux beoming a real choice? (WABI?) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1993 04:52:06 GMT
In article <20udap$fvq@vanbc.wimsey.com> sl@vanbc.wimsey.com (Stuart Lynne) writes:
"Typical" Windows applications running on a medium speed 386/486 (say 486SX25
or 386DX33) might spend 50% of it's time in each of the above types of code.
So on a fast RISC box that can emulate the x86 code at the same speed and
convert and run the Windows code 4 or 5 times as fast you might see an
overall speed increase of 2-3 times.
Hmmm... So if my "typical" application takes 100 seconds under
Windows, the 50 seconds of non-Windows code still take 50 seconds and the
Windows calls are sped up to 10 seconds, making the total time 60
seconds. This is a 2-3 times speed increase?
But there I go mixing math and marketing...
-al
( 8-) )