utf8 vs iso8859-1 speed/responsiveness
Pedro Fernandes Macedo
webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br
Wed Jun 30 01:08:47 UTC 2004
Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 12:29, William Hooper wrote:
>
>
>>Ow Mun Heng said:
>>
>>
>>>Well... then tell me this..
>>>
>>>
>>>how come FC2 seems(IS) slower compared to my original RH9 install. I was
>>>using iso8859-1 then and utf8 now.
>>>
>>>
>>Different kernel version
>>Different Gnome version
>>Different KDE version
>>Different compiler used
>>etc., etc.
>>
>>Tell me this: Why is my apple slower than my original orange? :-)
>>
>>
>So.. we're going towards the bloated concept again?
>
>
Not exactly... The issue is the input file.
In RH 9 , the input file probably was iso8859-1 and then it was
processed without any conversion , as the whole system was using
iso8859-1. Now in fedora , the input file has to be converted by the
app to UTF8 , so this extra step means that FC will be a bit slower
than a native iso8859-1 system . If the system was native UTF8 and the
input file was also UTF8, it should be at least as fast as a native ISO
system.
--
Pedro Macedo
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