[tex-live] (not urgent) TL 64 bit optimization

[Hans Hagen]

Lars Madsen wrote:

>
> We just recently got ourselfs a 64 bit Linux server for doing 
> calculations and simulations.
>
> Since it's fairly new noone has started using it, so I've copied an 
> existing TL 2004 dist. to it, just to test the speed.
>
> It's damn fast. I cannot remember the specs, but it's at least twice 
> as fast as our former fastest server.
>
> But the TL 2004 installation is just for 32 bit, so my question is 
> whether the TL source actually has a specific target for 64 bit linux?
>
> Basically the idea is that compiled specifically for this architecture 
> it may even be faster.
>
> BTW: are there any standard way of testing the speed of (La)TeX and 
> friends in a way such that one can compare it to other peoples results.

the tests i did on our opteron based machines show that tex runs some 30% faster 

Hans 


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