in reply to Benchmark Arena Proposal

Your idea is a good one, but I have a question.

Might some of the benchmarks you speak of be very dependent upon the type of operating system used, and how perl was compiled?

If someone's perl was compiled very efficiently on an efficient operating system, might some performance penalties disappear?

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Re: Re: Benchmark Arena Proposal
by MeowChow (Vicar) on Jan 31, 2001 at 10:25 UTC
    I am mostly suggesting Perl vs. Perl cmpthese benchmarks, which tell you how one WTDI performs compares to another, usually regardless of what platform you are running on.

    The idea is that for most common tasks, operations, algorithms, etc., we will have a vast and open body of organized knowledge that usually provides:

    • A fast WTDI
    • An elegant and perlish WTDI
    • An obvious WTDI
    • A contorted and masochist WTDI
    • A just plain wrong WTDI

    Of course, these are not always mutually exclusive :)

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Re: Re: Benchmark Arena Proposal
by BoredByPolitics (Scribe) on Jan 30, 2001 at 22:42 UTC
    I think something like the machine specs, OS, and perl -V would be a prerequisite if the benchmarks are to be considered useful.

    Even better is having all the various WTDI being benchmarked on the same machine - that way we're only looking at Perl, not what different OS's strengths/weaknesses are.

    Pete

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