12 Oct
2012
12 Oct
'12
11:21 p.m.
121012 Nix wrote:
Phoronix also specializes in (usually really, really
bad) benchmarks.
"Old" also means "slow" to these people -- even though new software
is
almost always slower than old software, they imagine that a constant
process of fierce optimization has actually sped it up, and the power of
the placebo effect takes over.
Wrappers are also especially bad, because, y'know, it's a function call
and they are really expensive, right? (Er, no.)
I didn't read the Phoronix report as especially negative.
To make it clear you've started a new project
you need to start your own version numbering, ie 'Trinity 1.0'.
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