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From: dpk@BRL-VGR.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Compact/Uncompact
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Date: Wed, 4-Jul-84 23:52:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  4 23:52:36 1984
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From:      Doug Kingston <dpk@BRL-VGR.ARPA>

	The programs compact and uncompact on Berkeley 4.2 are
horribly expensive to use.  They use around 6 times as much CPU
time as an equivalent program on the PDP11.  This is ridiculous.

File was 10500 chars (larger files are no better)

	11/70
		pack	1.7u	0.7s	0:03r	26% compaction
		unpack	0.9u	0.6s	0:02r
	VAX 780
		compact	7.9u	0.3	0:08r	27% compaction
		uncompact 5.9u	0.3s	0:06r

I also had a compacted file of 873000 chars that took 610 seconds
of CPU time to uncompact.  This is silly.  I profiled compact and
it looks like its ripe for improvement.  Has anyone attempted
to fix this?

					-Doug-