Epoch vs. Sun 3

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3 total messages Started by Paul Tarvydas Fri, 20 Dec 1991 15:23

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Author: Paul Tarvydas
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1991 15:23

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

thanx
Paul Tarvydas
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Re: Epoch vs. Sun 3

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Author: 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

Re: Epoch vs. Sun 3

#1704

Author: Brian L. Kahn
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1991 19:11

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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?

I used to have a sun 3/60; I think that epoch 3.2 runs just fine on
that platform.  Epoch 4.0 is definately slower, but this is an alpha
release after all and will undoubtedly be tuned somewhat before it is
a proper release.

--
B<   Brian Kahn   blk@security.mitre.org   "may the farce be with you"

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