[libxml-devel] Benchmark Dist?

Sean Chittenden sean at chittenden.org
Thu Jul 17 22:23:27 EDT 2008


If you want to be considerate of the binary size, here's a q: what  
compresses to near 100% efficiency:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Or:

Abcfefghijklnghajabhffgcggcffbhh

?  -sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden


On Jul 17, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Charlie Savage <cfis at savagexi.com> wrote:

>
>
> Sean Chittenden wrote:
>>> Do we want to distribute the benchmark scripts, or are they intended
>>> only for admin uses?
>
> Yeah, I debated about.  Since I blogged about them, I figured I'd  
> include them.  Otherwise no one would ever see them.
>
>
>> Not sure what the intention was, but let'em go out.  What's the  
>> worst that could happen?  People figure out that REXML is slow?  -sc
>
> The downside is the extra bytes (for the test xml files) and making  
> sure they actually work.  And also whether including them is  
> appropriate (I sent emails to the authors, should also add  
> attribution at the top of each one).
>
> I'm fine either way.  I figure they'll get removed sooner or later  
> though.
>
> And while on the subject, where are the benchmarks on the home page  
> from? In fact, maybe we just have links to a benchmark page from  
> there and take them out of the distribution?
>
> Charlie
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