30 Mar
2012
30 Mar
'12
8:37 a.m.
On 30 March 2012 12:24, David C. Rankin drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com wrote:
On 03/30/2012 09:50 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
Number of cores tends to perform better -j4 for 4 cores. The +1 thing has been disputed numerous times :)
OK 4 then :)
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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