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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xxd -i vs DIY Was: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 07:54:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 29 May 2024 14:38:14 +0200, Bonita Montero wrote:

> Am 29.05.2024 um 14:10 schrieb David Brown:
> 
>> I've seen odd things with timings due to Windows' relatively poor IO,
>> file and disk handling.  Many years ago when I had need of
>> speed-testing some large windows-based build system, I found it was
>> faster running in a virtual windows machine on VirtualBox on a Linux
>> host, than in native Windows on the same hardware.
> 
> Windows kernel I/O is rather efficient ...

But you can’t get to it.