[OS X TeX] What kind of operation is TeXing? (concerning hardware)

[Bernhard Barkow]

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On 4. Mär 2005, at 1:40, Doug Fields wrote:

>> Anyway, this is on my list. Why is TeX so hideously slow on Mac OS X 
>> (PPC)?
>
> Obviously I'm out of my league here as a recent convert, but, TeX 
> seems fast to me.
>
> TeXShop can typeset my 32 page document (my first LaTeX document) in a 
> few seconds on my 1.25GHz with the pdflatex expansion/contraction 
> thing. Fast enough to Command-T (typeset) after every few 
> modifications.
>
> Seems fast to me...

Sure, for everyday use I am completely satisfied with TeX's speed. It's 
just interesting that the speed is in general much slower than could be 
expected compared to PC-based Linux systems, and it would really be 
interesting to know the reason for that (or how to work around it, 
respectively).
I'm not enough of a programming expert to dig deeper into that matter, 
I'm afraid...

Bernhard


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