Hi
> I ran bench-test with bench-small.el == gnus.el under
> cygwin. How does this compare to the native build anyone, or
> linux on a similar spec pc? 
This is run with Gnus 5.6.44
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CPU Manufacturer (Intel,HP,DEC,etc.): Intel
CPU Type (Pentium,Alpha): Pentium
CPU Speed: 233 MMX
RAM (in meg): 160
Emacs Version: 21.0 "Poitou" XEmacs Lucid
Emacs (version): XEmacs 21.0 "Poitou" [Lucid] (i586-pc-cygwin32) of Mon Oct 19
1998 on VZELL
Compile line: 
  Compiling in support for XAUTH.
  Compiling in support for XPM images.
  Compiling in support for PNG image handling.
  Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling.
  Compiling in support for JPEG image handling.
  Compiling in support for TIFF image handling.
  Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
  Compiling in support for Berkeley DB.
  Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
  Compiling in support for ncurses.
  Compiling in File coding support.
  Compiling in support for proper session-management.
Bench Version: 1.2
Function Name                          Call Count  Elapsed Time  Average Time
=====================================  ==========  ============  ============
bench-mark-byte-compile                1           4.7770000000  4.7770000000
bench-mark-delete-frame                1           0.0           0.0
bench-mark-delete-multiple-frames      1           0.0           0.0
bench-mark-font-lock                   1           2.8040000000  2.8040000000
bench-mark-hanoi                       1           7.4210000000  7.4210000000
bench-mark-insert-into-empty-buffer    1           0.0           0.0
bench-mark-large-list                  10          0.0           0.0
bench-mark-large-list-garbage-collect  1           0.2610000000  0.2610000000
bench-mark-loop                        1           0.0599999999  0.0599999999
bench-mark-make-frame                  1           0.1900000000  0.1900000000
bench-mark-make-multiple-frames        1           0.2110000000  0.2110000000
bench-mark-make-words                  1           0.0100000000  0.0100000000
bench-mark-scrolling-down              1           32.926999999  32.926999999
bench-mark-scrolling-down-fontified    1           38.204999999  38.204999999
bench-mark-scrolling-up                1           33.347999999  33.347999999
bench-mark-scrolling-up-fontified      1           36.962999999  36.962999999
bench-mark-small-list                  100         0.0100000000  0.0001000000
bench-mark-small-list-garbage-collect  1           0.1599999999  0.1599999999
bench-mark-sort-words                  1           2.9740000000  2.9740000000
Ciao
  Volker
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