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From: mikem@uwstat.UUCP
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Subject: Re: S seems incredibly slow...
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Date: Sun, 18-Nov-84 00:53:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 18 00:53:00 1984
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> Hi,
> 	S on our 11/750 - 4.2BSD seems very slow. I know that this situation
> can be improved by binding commonly used functions into S's executive. How
> much of an improvement can reasonably be expected ? Any hints as to which
> functions are good candidates ?

We have EVERYTHING (except some device drivers) in the executive.  This
creates a big executive, but I "feel" a substantial speedup.  I don't
have any hard figures on this.  With virtual memory under 4.2 I see no
reason to have any stand alone functions, except for testing purposes.
Does anyone disagree with this?

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