[PD] zexy and Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC3.app

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Nov 23, 2005, at 10:35 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Burt wrote:
>
>> Also, when I used to load the full zexy.pd_darwin, my Pd startup time  
>> was fairly slow.  I didn't really test not loading zexy, but I have  
>> noticed that this new Pd extended loads faster.  Were the zexy  
>> externals one reason load-time took so long?  Do extra externals  
>> effect Pd's performance?  I'm wondering if anyone's done any tests.
>
> i doubt that. i can only test on linux and i don't use pd-extended,  
> but here's a test i just made:

Well, if you were loading a lot of libs, and it triggered swapping,  
then it would be noticably slower.

.hc

>
> zmoelnig at ferrari:~$ time pd pdquit.pd
> pd_gui: pd process exited
>
> real    0m0.466s
> user    0m0.001s
> sys     0m0.023s
> zmoelnig at ferrari:~$ time pd -lib zexy pdquit.pd
> pd_gui: pd process exited
>
> real    0m0.466s
> user    0m0.003s
> sys     0m0.017s
>
>
> the "pdquit.pd" just closes pd with a loadbang.
> so there is not really a difference.
>
> trying the same with "-nogui" i get:
>
> zmoelnig at ferrari:~$ time pd -nogui pdquit.pd
>
> real    0m0.004s
> user    0m0.001s
> sys     0m0.002s
> zmoelnig at ferrari:~$ time pd -nogui -lib zexy pdquit.pd
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> real    0m0.005s
> user    0m0.003s
> sys     0m0.000s
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> mfg.ads.r
> IOhannes
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