On 09/09/08 02:35, Darren J Moffat wrote: > Steve Clamage wrote: >>>> I agree with Stefan that we need to do some measurements to see >>>> whether the performance difference is important. >>> But it's also important to consider whether the common uses are in MT or >>> single-threaded programs. Why even bother measuring the cost for >>> single-threaded programs if they are not the target, or if no >>> consequential single-threaded programs exist that might use this >>> library? >> >> SPEC. > > What does that mean ?
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation http://www.spec.org/ Sun, especially the software division, lives and dies by SPEC performance measurements. Artificially reducing performance has consequences for the entire company. --- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage at sun.com
