Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for May 28

[Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org>]

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On 2009.05.28 20:54, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
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> On Thu, 28 May 2009 20:42:30 +0100
> Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > I don't see any objective measurements of performace in GLEP 55
> > either. perhaps you could point me to a version and pargraph in
> GLEP
> > that details these benchmarks ?
> 
> It's not a question of benchmarks. It's a question of being slower by
> design. Allow me to explain:
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> If GLEP 55 were to include benchmarks, they would be dismissed as
> "well
> we can make that code faster", which would be missing the point --
> that
> it's a design penalty regardless of implementation.
> 
> - -- 
> Ciaran McCreesh
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Ciaran,

Having the benchmarks allows consideration of the design trade offs to 
be made. It moves the GLEP one step closer to acceptance, in one form 
or another.

Like tonight at the council meeting, the meeting acknowledged that 
there is one or more problems to be addressed, thats the first step.

The benchmarks are only one piece of the pursuavie evidence.
Speed isn't everything. Let me remind you of an old playground joke,
There is an old bull and a young bull in a field on a hillside, next to 
a herd of cows ....   I'm sure you know it. 

- -- 
Regards,

Roy Bamford
(NeddySeagoon) a member of
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