From: Timothy Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2005-03-29T21:24:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby performance question

Gavin Kistner wrote:

> But why would a 2GHz G5 not be at least twice as fast as a 1GHz G4?
> 
> G5 versus G4 aside, the doubling of the clock rate alone should suffice, 
> no?


Did memory access speed double, too? Bus speed? Things happen outside of 
the CPU.