[OS X TeX] Fwd: Re: TeX Console : on AlphaTK and AlphaX

[Steffen Wolfrum]

It seems that AlphaX "typesets" even faster than Apple's terminal?!
Can it be?

St.


>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:47:32 +0100
>To: Alpha tcl-user mailinglist
>From: Steffen Wolfrum <alphatcl-users at st.estfiles.de>
>Subject: Re: TeX Console : on AlphaTK and AlphaX
>Cc: vince at santafe.edu
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>Yes I did that. Unfortunately even after 10x run each it stays the same
>(and to be sure, I used also an external stopwatch):
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>TeX Console in AlphaTK gives me "total run time: 19 seconds"
>TeX Console in AlphaX  gives me "total run time: 12 seconds"
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>        The Apple terminal says "total run time: 13 seconds"
>           as from with TeXShop "total run time: 13 seconds"
>
>Is there a way to accelerate AlphaTK?
>
>
>Steffen
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>Vince Darley <vince at santafe.edu> wrote:
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>> Which order did you do these runs in?  Your disk/memory probably cached
>> lots of files the second time through.  Try doing it once and ignoring the
>> time and then taking the average of several other runs.
>> 
>> tetexComm.tcl is identical in these two cases.
>> 
>> -- Vince
>> 
>> On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi Joachim, hi Vince,
>> > hello to the Cabal,
>> >
>> > I am working with TeX files under MacOSX(10.3) and have just experienced the following.
>> >
>> > When typesetting a small test file with Joachim's tetexComm.tcl
>> > the TeX Console in AlphaTK gives me "total run time: 27 second. Time elapsed: 29 seconds.
>> > the TeX Console in AlphaX  gives me "total run time: 15 second. Time elapsed: 16 seconds.
>> >
>> >        btw: The Apple terminal says "total run time: 17 seconds" !
>> >
>> > Is the tetexComm.tcl different in both Alpha's, or what the reason for almost double of speed?
>> > (I have downloaded AlphaX and AlphaTK by today)
>> >
>> > Sorry for my curiosity,
>> > but my Mac is not G5 fast and so ...
>> >
>> >
>> > Steffen
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