On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 18:42, John wrote: > On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Tesla 13 wrote: > > > > > Even if I don't gain anything, I just don't want my binaries to run on a > > > > bloody 386 SX. Period. > > > > > >If procinfo shows 91% idle (as it does on my Athlon), then how much is > > >there to gain? 10% of 9% is bugger-all. > > > > I CPU used is about 3%. But that really is not the point as I explained > > above. > > What's it matter if your binaries _can_ run on a 386? From the > information you've provided, I can see no way you will recoup the time > spent rebuilding the software. Well, there's the issue of optimizing your binaries for better speed, and then there's the issue of "oh, my system is sooo pure, it doesn't have a trace of i386 code on it!" ;-) You can argue with the former, because that's logic. You can't argue with the latter, because that's religion. -- Florin Andrei When it comes to discussing Linux, some people become temporarily insane. _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
