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On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Stroller wrote: |
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>> [...] |
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>> To be honest, I am surprised this notion of "optimised executables" has |
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>> stuck around long enough that you've heard it, but it's an old joke to many |
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>> of us who were around in 2004. |
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> But AFAIK, it *was* faster because Gentoo used the egcs fork of GCC which |
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> did produce faster code. This was probably the origin of the "Gentoo |
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> performance" thingy. It was true. Wikipedia also notes this, and further |
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> states that the name "Gentoo" was chosen (previously it was "Enoch") because |
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> of this speed difference between Gentoo and other Distros ("the Gentoo |
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> species is the fastest swimming penguin"). |
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> Soon after though, egcs merged back to gcc and all other distros became just |
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> as fast. So "it was good while it lasted". But this "Gentoo performance" |
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> cliché seems to stick around till today. |
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The power of good marketing! ;-) |
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- Mark |
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