Re: Windows NT or Linux
- Subject: [mg2754] Re: Windows NT or Linux
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 02:01:37 -0500
- Approved: usenet@wri.com
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- Newsgroups: wri.mathgroup
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
In article <4aiqtv$57b at dragonfly.wri.com>, loh at mtl.mit.edu (Vincent Kwok-Shiang Loh) wrote: > In article <4a3edu$qnc at dragonfly.wri.com> ianc at wri.com (Ian Collier) writes: > > > Just to clarify, in the current version of Mathematica for > > Windows, which runs under Windows NT, the kernel is a 32 bit > > Win32 application, while the front end is a 16 bit application. > > Is there ever going to be a 32bit front end. In my opinion, its sorely > needed. I am using mma with NT 3.51 Service Pack 1 on a 486/66 w/ > 52Mb ram. When I bring up a perf meter or qslice (from the nt > resource kit), I see that the "csrss" process is churning like crazy > when the kernel and the frontend are running, even when I'm not doing > anything. . > My NT/windows friends tell me that that may be a consequence of the > 32bit code communicating with 16 bit stuff, or the way the > client-server communication is done. do you have any ideas as > to what the problem is? > > Vince Wolfram Research is currently testing a new version of Mathematica for Windows that should improve performance under Windows NT 3.5.1. The next major release of Mathematica will have a 32 bit front end. I hope this helps. --Ian ----------------------------------------------------------- Ian Collier Technical Sales Support Wolfram Research, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------- tel:(217)-398-0700 fax:(217)-398-0747 ianc at wri.com Wolfram Research Home Page: http://www.wri.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------