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I’ve a dim memory that a version of Firefox was slow because it frequently called a system function that most OSs implement “quick and dirty” but OpenBSD did “s
by implements 6y ago
I’ve a dim memory that a version of Firefox was slow because it frequently called a system function that most OSs implement “quick and dirty” but OpenBSD did “slower, but correct”, so perhaps it’s down to an accumulation of that approach repeated throughout the system?
- easytiger 6y agoNot tremendously helpful without discussing examples. Do you have more information?
- nix23 6y agoNext time use a search engine for yourself: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/firefox-vs-rthreads https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/firefox-vs-rthreads
- easytiger 6y agoAre you quite serious?
- nix23 6y agoYes http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Firefox+slow+on+Openbsd http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Firefox+slow+on+Openbsd
- implements 6y agoThe very one! Thank you.
- msla 6y agoSearch engines don't always bring up reputable sources. Case in point, perhaps?