7.5.2 - Re: [OS X TeX] Looking for someone still running a TeX from web2c 7.5.2

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 26 août 05 à 17:07, Mohinish a écrit :

> Machine: 15" powerbook, 1GHz PowerPC G4, 1MB L3 cache, 1GB SDRAM
>
> pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.5.2) 3.141592-1.11a-2.1
> pdfTeX (Web2C 7.5.2) 3.141592-1.11a
>
> With MANY programs running (>70% CPU):
> run 1:  175.75 real         9.96 user         4.91 sys
> run 2:  130.14 real         9.94 user         4.90 sys
>
> With only Terminal, Mail and Activity Monitor programs running  
> (~15% CPU):
> run 1: 16.78 real         9.49 user         4.19 sys
> run 2: 16.23 real         9.49 user         4.17 sys
>
> Could you afterwards also say what this all means for someone who  
> isnt all so non-gui savvy as I am? :)

It seems pdfTeX from Web2C 7.5.2 (at the time, I think, when TeX and  
pdfTeX were still separate programs) is about twice as fast as pdfTeX  
from thelatest Web2C:

- On your 1GHz 1GB PowerBook 15" you get about 14s user+sys with  
Web2C 7.5.2.

- On my 1GHz 1GB PowerBook 17" I got about 29s user+sys earlier today  
with Web2C 7.5.5.

Or it may be due to different versions of OS X (I'm running 10.4.2).

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