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From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: How fast is script lang. vs. C?
Message-ID: <135@dynasys.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 90 19:45:37 GMT
Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
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Does anyone know the comparative figures on running a shell script
versus running a C program the accomplishes the same thing?  Someone
suggested that it was on the order of 50 to 1, but I have my doubts
that it is _that_ bad.  Anyone got any ideas?  Thanks in advance.


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