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On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 04:17:31PM +0000, Alan Burlison wrote:
> > Interestingly enough, the difference between the 'make test' results is
> > only about 15%. I suspect this is because the test suite is a series of
> > relatively short 'straight line' code that doesn't involve lots of loops
> > or object creation.
>
> > The moral of the story is the test suite is not a good benchmark.
>
> What is? perlbench?
You could try http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/ - at least its
designed as a benchmark not a test suite. Though it does come with the
following warning:
"These pages are provided for novelty purposes only. Any other use voids
the manufacturer's warranty. Do not mix with alchohol. Some contents may
consist of recycled materials."
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