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Even so, I doubt it's an every day task for them. Also, most popular open source projects provide ready binaries of the stable versions for such users. Still, I
by kbart 12y ago
Even so, I doubt it's an every day task for them. Also, most popular open source projects provide ready binaries of the stable versions for such users. Still, I hardly imagine my grandma compiling some open source projects for her use..
- sklogic 12y agoAlmost every time I install or update something from mac ports, it's ending up compiling, binaries are very rarely cached. I doubt my setup is unusual (the latest OS X and the latest XCode). And I suspect that, for example, JS engines in the browsers are going to be more and more parallel. And that kind of compilation is something that every user does on a daily basis. More cores => smoother web browsing experience. Not that I approve this whole thing that's going on with the JS craze, but it's the fact everyone have to cope with, unfortunately.
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- dagw 12y agoMore cores => smoother web browsing experience. When going from 1->4 cores, agreed. When going from 4->16->64 cores I'm not convinced. Especially if those 64 cores are slower and have less cache.
- sklogic 12y agoMy point is that because of stagnation of ILP and cache size, the number of cores will increase anyway, so we'd have to find a way to utilise this resource anyway. Of course, trading single core performance for the number of cores is pointless in most of the desktop use cases.