From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 019A8BBAF for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:41:19 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsoBAAev9EhDWxLCbmdsb2JhbACBcpFtPqwIgWs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,410,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="16087272" Received: from ip67-91-18-194.z18-91-67.customer.algx.net (HELO server1.bertec.net) ([67.91.18.194]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2008 23:41:18 +0200 Received: from kuba.bertec.net (kuba.bertec.net [192.168.2.16]) by server1.bertec.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A600105761 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:41:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Kuba Ober To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: Re : [Caml-list] Re: Re : Road to native windows OCaml... Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:41:16 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200810131935.53365.kuba@mareimbrium.org> <666572260810140407w121d5bafm43993737df5e2c0c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <666572260810140407w121d5bafm43993737df5e2c0c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810141741.17372.kuba@mareimbrium.org> X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 recompiled:01 cygwin:01 cygwin:01 ocaml:01 unices:01 cheers:01 unix:01 unix:01 caml-list:01 boot:01 kernel:02 kernel:02 native:03 problem:05 > As for terminal slowness, my computer boots in 16 seconds under linux. > I recompiled my kernel yesterday and activated PRINTK_TIME/Show timing > information on printks, it gives you the time a kernel message was > emitted, related to startup. At the end of the boot, the kernel was > giving times 3 seconds better than an independent chronometer. There > had been enough things to write on the console for message to take 3 > seconds to be displayed. Displaying on a terminal is slooow > everywhere, not just windows. > > Also, I don't think cygwin is bad. I just think it is not the > appropriate answer for most of us. Cygwin is an answer if you can't code natively. If you insist on using Unix mindset, then sure Cygwin is easiest. I don't see a problem with OCaml doing things the Windows way on Windows, and Unix way on Unices. Cheers, Kuba