Re: Oracle on a webserver

From: Piotr Kolodziej <pkol_at_otago.gda.pl>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:43:35 +0100
Message-ID: <75ajoo$h0b$1@korweta.task.gda.pl>

khan_at_informatik.fh-hamburg.de wrote in message <3677D36B.C7592B9A_at_informatik.fh-hamburg.de>...
>But FX!32 isn't an emulator. When FX!32 is starting an application, it is
>transforming Intel code.

But don't expect that code transformed with FX!32 is as good as from alpha dedicated compiler compiling similiar source code. Compilers usualy offers much more optimizations than on-fly code translators.

>Thought this is never as fast as native applications on alpha, but real-world
>experiences show as well, that NT is horrible slow on alpha, even it is in
>native code, due to the fact, that it is a 32bit OS.

I have not experiences with Alpha NT, but I have heard some opposite opinions ...

Regards,
Piotr Kolodziej Received on Thu Dec 17 1998 - 03:43:35 CST