Optimize execution time

axel · Post by **axel** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:47 pm

Hi,

I developed a small application connecting to a database and rendering graphics using JFreeChart.
I was very surprised that the application is not faster on Linux (Debian) than on Windows (XP).

So I was wondering what could be the reasons : is it because mathematical requests are faster on Linux, but SQL queries take the same time ?

The aim of my question is to understand how I could optimize the calculation times of my application.

Thanks in advance for your opinion !

uvoigt · Post by **uvoigt** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:57 pm

I was very surprised that the application is not faster on Linux (Debian) than on Windows (XP).

Do you really mean not faster on Linux? I wouldn't be surprised if the application has the same speed on Linux and on Windows.

axel · Post by **axel** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:27 pm

You've correctly understood.... it has the same execution speed on Linux and Windows (I mean, approximately the same, I was not with a chronometer to measure time).

And I would have expected it to be much faster with Linux....

Post by **david.gilbert** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:53 pm

axel wrote:And I would have expected it to be much faster with Linux....

Why do you expect Linux to be faster?

axel · Post by **axel** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:19 pm

Because Linux is generally faster than Windows ... but maybe there is something special with my application, and that's this point I would like to understand.