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> Where did that bit of apocrypha come from, and why is it |
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> parroted by so many people? |
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Depending on what you do with the system it still can |
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be quite true. For example, there is a known bug in |
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the RH distro of Perl that leaves it running 10x slower |
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than a locally compiled version. There are also quite |
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a few packages that still come compiled with '-g', or |
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depend on 15 shared object lib's that you don't use |
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but now cannot turn off. |
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If you are trying to squeeze performance out of a box |
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then any kind of cruft will slow you down. |
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You can also look at library-dependency hell as a form |
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of performance hit: if you spend X hours trying to work |
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around the library glitches it's that much dead time |
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on the box you aren't using. |
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Steven Lembark 85-09 90th St. |
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Workhorse Computing Woodhaven, NY, 11421 |
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lembark@×××××××.com +1 888 359 3508 |
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