Re: Is there a MySQL 5.4 Speed advantage for MyISAM tables?

[mos]

At 09:40 AM 4/30/2009, you wrote:
>I see MySQL 5.4 is 
>out.  http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/generate-article.php?id=1602
>
>Sun claims there are speed improvements for Innodb and ClusterDb 
>tables,  but is there any reason to upgrade if I'm only using MyISAM tables?
>Also I didn't see a Windows binary download. Does this mean I have to 
>compile the source from one of the Linux distros? What compiler do I use?
>TIA
>
>Mike

So I guess no one has tried 5.4 yet with MyISAM tables? I am glad to see in 
5.4 they have implemented the Google patches to Innodb which should speed 
up locking. But for MyISAM users, is there any advantage to switching to 5.4?

TIA
Mike