Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!think.com!mintaka!geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <1991Apr8.222503.23643@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 8 Apr 91 22:25:03 GMT References: <46867@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: The Internet Lines: 21 Michael, you keep saying Display Postscript isn't a problem, but in fact it is. Interpreted languages are usually on the order of 4-10 times slower than compiled languages. DP is reasonably complex, and given how large postscript descriptions of complex screens can get, I'd say that your 15mips DP interpreter would run at an effective 2-3 MIPS. (Probably slower than SoftPC) If Jobs was smart, he would have put an extra 68030 in the NeXT to offload the DP work. If an Amiga user adds an 040 card to the A3000, the onboard 030 will become availible for offloading i/o, etc. -- /~\_______________________________________________________________________/~\ |n| rjc@albert.ai.mit.edu Amiga, the computer for the creative mind. |n| |~| .-. .-. |~| |_|________________________________| |_| |________________________________|_|