GOfer 2.0 considerably slower than 1.0???

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From: Frank Malczewski
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1989 03:56

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Just got my upgrade from GOfer 1.1.8 ("1.0") to 2.0 yesterday, and I tried to
do a search that I had tried earlier this weekend.

It basically involves searching through 10 MB of TEXT files for a set of words
nearby.  Anyway, it was notably slow, and after it was done, I decided to try
it against 1.0.  

It took about 16 minutes for 1.0; I stopped the 2.0 run after about 30 minutes
(and it was only 2/3 to 3/4 done).  All settings during both runs that were
similar between the two versions were matched, setting for setting.

I could swear that I read that GOfer 2.0 was to be 50% faster than 1.0.  Has
anyone noticed this also?  If this is typical, I would suggest holding off
on any upgrading...  (I just made it under the wire for a free upgrade, so am
not overly disappointed, but people actually paying for the upgrade might get
a bit upset).

Anybody on this one?

--

  -- Frank Malczewski		(malczews@girtab.usc.edu)

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