POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : pov 4 sun : Re: pov 4 sun Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:23:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: pov 4 sun  
From: Mark Gordon
Date: 12 Apr 2001 11:54:09
Message: <3AD5D4EB.D52EC0CE@mailbag.com>
Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:35:48 -0400, Mark Gordon wrote:
> >To be honest, I don't need processing power; I need something I can use
> >to build binaries.  Cache is nice, but if the binaries build a bit
> >slower, it doesn't matter that much to me.  Don't worry; I won't shame
> >Sun with my benchmarks. ;-)
> 
> You can build binaries on Linux.  You only need the Sun for making sure
> they work.
> 
> --
> Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
> My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

Good point.  I'd considered cross-compiling, but it was rather pointless
without a way to test.  I suppose a beefier machine would make the
testing go faster.  Even though it takes a while to compile POV-Ray, it
takes a lot longer to test it thoroughly...

-Mark Gordon


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