Re: Speed difference in Gnus
>>>> "Ben" == Ben Wing <ben(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
Ben> Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> The problem is that people who tried it claim that XEmacs 21.5 is
much
> *slower* than 21.4, especially for Gnus. That's why I was reluctant
> to even include it in the comparison.
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>
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Ben> maybe they're comparing apples and oranges, i.e.
error-checking and
Ben> no-error-checking. i'd be rather surprised if xemacs 21.5 actually
Ben> got slower, and i'd certainly like to know why.
I can tell you that 21.5-b18 is way, way faster than later versions.
In a GNUS buffer with about 1000 messages, 21.5-b18 was acceptably
fast on my Sun Blade 1500 at work. When I upgraded to 21.5-b22, it
takes 2-3 times longer. (I've sent a message about this to the list
before, with some profiling results.) Both were compiled with Mule
enabled. b18 had error-checking on, but b22 has it off.
In my day-to-day usage, this is the only thing I really notice as
being slower.
Ray