Re: utf8 vs iso8859-1 speed/responsiveness

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo <webmaster margo bijoux nom br>]

Ow Mun Heng wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 12:29, William Hooper wrote:
>  
>
> > Ow Mun Heng said:
> >    
> >
> > > Well... then tell me this..
> > >
> > >
> > > how come FC2 seems(IS) slower compared to my original RH9 install. I was
> > > using iso8859-1 then and utf8 now.
> > >      
> > Different kernel version
> > Different Gnome version
> > Different KDE version
> > Different compiler used
> > etc., etc.
> >
> > Tell me this:  Why is my apple slower than my original orange?  :-)
> >    
> So.. we're going towards the bloated concept again?
>  
Not exactly...  The issue is the input file.
In RH 9 , the input file probably was iso8859-1 and then it was 
processed without any conversion , as the whole system was using 
iso8859-1. Now in fedora  , the input file has to be converted by the 
app to UTF8  , so this extra step means that FC will be a bit slower 
than a native iso8859-1 system . If the system was native UTF8 and the 
input file was also UTF8, it should be at least as fast as a native ISO 
system.

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Pedro Macedo