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Is there any resource that compares compile times for different TeX systems?

David Carlisle
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    editors just write source files, they do not compile anything. The tex system is installed separately and is the same whichever editor you use – David Carlisle Oct 10 '22 at 22:54
  • In addition to what David said, something that could give you the illlusion of a difference: many LaTeX files require multiple compilations. Some editors handle that automatically (hence, longer compilation time), while others do not (shorter compilation time, but incomplete file). Of course, in the end you want the multiple compilations one way or the other, and the total time doesn't depend on the editor. – Miyase Oct 10 '22 at 23:03
  • ah, in that case, I'll change the question to which tex system compiles the quickest – Daycent Oct 10 '22 at 23:23
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    There are information scattered somewhere around compiling - Speeding up LaTeX compilation - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange ■ texlive - What are the advantages of TeX Live over MiKTeX? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange. – user202729 Oct 10 '22 at 23:36
  • Remove the 'editors' and 'ide' tags. pdflatex is faster than both xelatex and lualatex; that's about all I know. – frabjous Oct 11 '22 at 01:54
  • almost everyone not on windows will be using texlive, on windows, split between windows and miktex but I doubt it is easy to give general answer to your question, so many other factors affect speed notably disk filesystem, so what comparison do you want, and in what case do you have a realistic choice? On linux you can choose between texlive from tug and texlive from your linux package manager, but very unlikely speed is a factor in the choice – David Carlisle Oct 11 '22 at 13:24
  • I'm on a linux machine. Has there been a comparison between texlive / tug / texlive from the linux package manager in terms of speed? – Daycent Oct 11 '22 at 18:32
  • In terms of versions. Texlive of linux packages could be an older/very older version, almost as good as the newest version, but you might not be able to compile some examples of this site using newest packages, for instance. – Fran Oct 12 '22 at 05:53

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