As a Mac user, it pains me to say this, but the problem could simply
be that you're running it on Mac OS X. A few years ago someone did
some speed comparisons of Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. While I
forget the specific's, it boiled down to the problem is the Mach
Micorkernel. Does anyone else remember this, and have any pointers
to the article, or more current testing on this?
Zane
At 9:49 PM +0100 3/17/12, Jos Dreesen wrote:
....that could help me out understanding why the exact
same program,
on the exact same machine, runs 10 times slower under OS-X than it
does under either Ubuntu or Windows ?
( Programmed in C with GCC toolchain and using the FLTK toolset. )
Classicmp link : the program is my new release of Emulith, the ETH
Lilith emulator.
Jos Dreesen
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