malczews@girtab.usc.edu (Frank Malczewski) (09/28/89)
Just got my upgrade from GOfer 1.1.8 ("1.0") to 2.0 yesterday, and I tried to
do a search that I had tried earlier this weekend.
It basically involves searching through 10 MB of TEXT files for a set of words
nearby. Anyway, it was notably slow, and after it was done, I decided to try
it against 1.0.
It took about 16 minutes for 1.0; I stopped the 2.0 run after about 30 minutes
(and it was only 2/3 to 3/4 done). All settings during both runs that were
similar between the two versions were matched, setting for setting.
I could swear that I read that GOfer 2.0 was to be 50% faster than 1.0. Has
anyone noticed this also? If this is typical, I would suggest holding off
on any upgrading... (I just made it under the wire for a free upgrade, so am
not overly disappointed, but people actually paying for the upgrade might get
a bit upset).
Anybody on this one?
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-- Frank Malczewski (malczews@girtab.usc.edu)