[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: webkit-dev
Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Iterating SunSpider
From: Geoffrey Garen <ggaren () apple ! com>
Date: 2009-07-06 17:11:54
Message-ID: D323658B-F1E6-4439-8F6A-3879FA49DD47 () apple ! com
[Download RAW message or body]
> So, what you end up with is after a couple of years, the slowest
> test in the suite is the most significant part of the score.
> Further, I'll predict that the slowest test will most likely be the
> least relevant test, because the truly important parts of JS engines
> were already optimized. This has happened with Sunspider 0.9 - the
> regex portions of the test became the dominant factor, even though
> they were not nearly as prominent in the real world as they were in
> the benchmark. This leads to implementors optimizing for the
> benchmark - and that is not what we want to encourage.
How did you determine that regex performance is "not nearly as
prominent in the real world?"
Geoff
_______________________________________________
webkit-dev mailing list
webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org
http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic