Dennis Gearon wrote:
>The trend has been approx:
>
> On Linux
> BSD qsort is 30-55% faster on average.
> On Non Liux
> BSD qsort it 50-90% on average.
>
>This kind of says that Linux is doing something right in the kernal,
>outdoing mainframe software in this sort of thing.
>
The difference may be due to GNU and HP using different qsort algorithm
tweeks. Consider :
+ HPUX vs BSD - very different for random*mod, close for i / (ITEMS /
mod).
+ Linux vs BSD - reasonably different for all 4 cases.
(Only way to tell would be to eyeball HP's qsort code...I am not sure if
thats possible)
regards
Mark
