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Who Has Faster Pipes? Linux, Win2000, WinXP Compared

Posted by timothy on from the only-one-small-part-of-the-sum-remember dept.

SeaBait writes: "This revealing article about the High-performance programming techniques on Linux and Windows shows that Linux rules. The performance testing was on Pipes(interprocess communication mechanism available on both Windows and Linux and UNIX). Although I new Linux would fare the best, the poor performance of Windows XP was a surprise. Windows 2000 actually did better than XP!"

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  1. Pipes? Phbbt. by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny
    What good are pipes anyway? Unless there is a GUI attached to them, they are worthless, right?

    Ask your local MCSE, they'll tell you.

    ROFL.

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    1. Re:Pipes? Phbbt. by Hertog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Any good MCSE will tell you that the windows-logo screensaver is much nicer then the pipes-screensaver..

      Gr.

      Hertog

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