Re: Epoch vs. Sun 3

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From: Jonathan Hardwick
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1991 16:31

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In article <1991Dec20.102335.7577@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>,
tarvydas@turing.toronto.edu (Paul Tarvydas) writes: 

pt> We're trying to use Epoch on Sun 3/60's (and even a 3/50) under
pt> Sunos 4.1.1.  Epoch is very sluggish.  We just build Epoch4.0a2.  It's
pt> even slower (compiled with gcc -O) than 3.2.  Are we, please, doing
pt> something wrong?  Or should we just dump Epoch and go back to emacs?

Epoch seems to need a chunk more processing time than plain gnu-emacs.
For those of us stuck with IBM RTs, Sun 3/50s, and the like, the
choice is between features (Epoch) and speed (Gnu).  Having tried
Epoch 3.2 and 4.0a3 on an RT, I'm reluctantly switching back to gnu; I
refuse to work in an editor which can't keep up with me when I type...

Jonathan H., living in hope of a faster workstation someday

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