This comparison run on a fat linux box: dual 400MHz CPU with 256MB of
RAM and (basically) just X running. (Set follow-up to porkjockeys, which
was where I meant to post this in the first place!)
chris
Daniel Bratell wrote:
> What kind of computer did you do the performance tests on? What I'm most
> interested in is the amount of memory it has and if that affects the
> results. Since the Doug Lea allocator is supposed to reduce the amount
> of memory allocated by the process I would guess that it should win
> performance wise as soon as memory becomes an issue.
>
> If the 3% performance penalty is in a computer with plenty of memory, I
> would say that it's a small price to pay.
>
> /Daniel
