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Sturla Molden
sturla.molden at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 18:32:10 EDT 2014
On 08/04/14 22:30, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> Unix maybe, but what about Windows? Is it efficient to create
>>> processes under Windows?
>>
>> Processes are very heavy-weight on Windows.
>
> Not surprising given its VMS heritage. I remember running shell
> scripts under VMS on a VAX-11/780 that took hours to do what would
> have taken minutes on an LSI-11 running Unix. The whole Unix "small
> tools working together" paradigm is based on the assumption that
> process creation and death are fast and cheap.
That is one reason software tend to be monolithic on Windows, including
build tools.
Running a configure script used to take forever, but thankfully
computers are getting faster.
Sturla
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