Re: [GENERAL] Re : Solaris Performance - Profiling (Solved)

mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com> writes:

> I noticed poor performance on Solaris, does one see this problem
> when compiling PostgreSQL with gcc on solaris?

Since it's libc that's the culprit, I would imagine so.

> As a suggestion, why not find the *best* version of qsort available,
> anywhere, and always use that version on all platforms?

Because qsort() is *supposed* to be optimized by the vendor for their
platform, perhaps even written in assembler.  It makes sense to trust
the vendor except when their implementation is provably pessimized.

-Doug
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