Cygwin slow on x64 systems?

[Andrew Schulman]

> > The first long time is likely to program loading and
> > Antivirus time delay
> 
> For me, it's consistently 1.9 seconds for that trivial pipe, even if I
> run it several times in quick succession.  I'm asking the support team
> about reinstalling Symantec (I have seen a glitch with it), and maybe
> if I get very very lucky I can talk them into another antivirus
> solution.

Or at least, while they're reinstalling it, if they can allow you to take 5
minutes while the AV services are shut down, you can rerun your commands and see
if the time improves.

Of course, that would expose you to the evil Cygwin viruses, so they probably
won't allow it.


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