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The linux subsystem for window is way faster than Cygwin (and any VM), I just tested grep on both platforms for a big text file (500MB) and cygwin-grep takes 2.
by notgood 9y ago
The linux subsystem for window is way faster than Cygwin (and any VM), I just tested grep on both platforms for a big text file (500MB) and cygwin-grep takes 2.630s while linux-subsytem-grep takes 0.395s
- slaymaker1907 9y agoI don't think grep is the best example since they could be different implementations of grep.
- notgood 9y agoI have seen similar differences in other programs as well (tail, head)