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The difference being of course that this 4.8-second compile in 2002 was done on an IBM p690 which cost half a million dollars. Whereas the 15.6-second compile w
by mrb 9y ago
The difference being of course that this 4.8-second compile in 2002 was done on an IBM p690 which cost half a million dollars. Whereas the 15.6-second compile was done on the EPYC 7601 which is only $4k for the CPU, ~$6k for a whole machine.
$6k vs $500k... Let that sink in :)
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