croft@csusac.csus.edu (Steve Croft) (01/16/91)
Jim Giles writes: >Really? I've been looking all over for such things. The only ones I've >found are migrants _from_ MS-DOS. Usually they run slower than their >PC counterparts. Where do you get your information? I have seen three ports to UNIX from DOS, and they *fly*! This includes 1-2-3, WordPerfect, and AutoCAD (all on Sun SPARCStations). About 2-3 times as fast (even more with AutoCAD). I can remember using PageMaker on DOS and thing was very slow! I have not had that problem with FrameMaker on Sun. >The problem was, in order to port to UNIX they rewrote in C. Ow! You open up a whole new can of worms here! The ole "if it's not in assembly language, it *must* be slower" attitude... jeez! Steve