30 Mar
2012
30 Mar
'12
4:37 p.m.
On 30 March 2012 12:24, David C. Rankin <drankinatty(a)suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
On 03/30/2012 09:50 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
If you are an octoput ( 8 hands, 8 cores ) and 9 balls to juggle,
you'll be constantly switching one for another, while the other 7 work
away steadily. With a computer it will constantly be switching between
two processes, causing some overhead.
Calvin
Number of cores tends to perform better -j4 for 4 cores. The +1 thing has
been
disputed numerous times :)
OK 4 then :)
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.