In article <3D4### [at] netscapenet>, Roz <Rzl### [at] netscapenet> 
wrote:

> Mark Gordon wrote:
> > Maybe with the Intel compiler, but probably not with gcc.  Speed is no
> > longer a reason to use the Unix version, and it hasn't been for quite some 
> > time.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by speed no longer being the reason to use 
> the Unix version. Do you mean that people using the Unix version don't 
> mind it being much slower than the Windows version? Well I'd like to see 
> it come close at least. The faster the render, the better ;)

You can no longer get faster rendering by using Unix. The compiler used 
makes more of a difference than the OS, so rendering speed is no longer 
a reason to use Unix instead of Windows.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
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