That might also depend on your architecture, as my 5.8.8 doesn't show thos huge differences on Linux, but YMMV:

v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux

                 Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot  865566/s          --        -17%        -19%
class       1047607/s         21%          --         -2%
literal     1068831/s         23%          2%          --

v5.11.0 DEVEL33542 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

                Rate class_nodot     literal       class
class_nodot 782508/s          --         -9%        -10%
literal     861502/s         10%          --         -0%
class       865566/s         11%          0%          --

v5.10.0 built for i686-linux-64int

                Rate       class class_nodot     literal
class       808928/s          --         -2%        -17%
class_nodot 822085/s          2%          --        -15%
literal     969189/s         20%         18%          --

v5.8.8 built for i686-linux-64int

                 Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot    3937/s          --        -23%       -100%
class          5111/s         30%          --       -100%
literal     1065584/s      26967%      20750%          --

v5.8.7 built for i686-linux-64int

                Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot   2576/s          --        -32%        -99%
class         3811/s         48%          --        -99%
literal     340787/s      13131%       8841%          --

v5.8.7 built for IA64.ARCHREV_0-LP64

                Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot   2169/s          --        -18%       -100%
class         2646/s         22%          --        -99%
literal     463693/s      21282%      17425%          --

v5.11.0 DEVEL33495 built for IA64.ARCHREV_0

                Rate class_nodot     literal       class
class_nodot 435916/s          --         -9%        -10%
literal     480089/s         10%          --         -1%
class       483507/s         11%          1%          --

v5.10.0 built for IA64.ARCHREV_0

                Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot 233984/s          --         -8%         -8%
class       254449/s          9%          --         -0%
literal     254481/s          9%          0%          --

v5.10.0 built for IA64.ARCHREV_0-LP64

                Rate class_nodot     literal       class
class_nodot 269216/s          --         -9%        -10%
literal     296479/s         10%          --         -1%
class       299316/s         11%          1%          --

v5.8.8 built for PA-RISC2.0

                Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot    852/s          --        -26%       -100%
class         1146/s         34%          --       -100%
literal     328648/s      38456%      28589%          --

v5.8.8 built for PA-RISC2.0-LP64

                Rate class_nodot       class     literal
class_nodot    901/s          --        -35%       -100%
class         1393/s         55%          --       -100%
literal     326127/s      36080%      23315%          --

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++ for this post BTW. PBP is to make you think, not to apply everything blindfolded. This is one of them.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: The cost of unchecked best practices by Tux
in thread The cost of unchecked best practices by moritz

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