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Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Iterating SunSpider
From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs () apple ! com>
Date: 2009-07-08 7:06:58
Message-ID: 72C8929C-E0EA-4443-8C77-323C0F81CA37 () apple ! com
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On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:50 PM, Geoffrey Garen wrote:
>> I also don't buy your conclusion -- that if regular expressions
>> account for 1% of JavaScript time on the Internet overall, they
>> need not be optimized.
>>
>> I never said that.
>
> You said the regular expression test was "most likely... the least
> relevant test" in SunSpider.
>
> You said implementors' choice to optimize regular expressions
> because they were hot on SunSpider was "not what we want to
> encourage."
>
> But maybe I misunderstood you. Do you think it was a good thing that
> SunSpider encouraged optimization of regular expressions? If so, do
> you think the same thing would have happened had SunSpider not used
> summation in calculating its scores?
I suspect this line of questioning will not result in effective
persuasion or useful information transfer. It comes off as kind of a
gotcha question.
My understanding of Mike's position is this:
- The slowest test on the benchmark will become a focus of
optimization regardless of scoring method (thus, I assume he does not
really think regexp optimization efforts are an utter waste.)
- During the period when JS engines had most things much faster than
the state of things when SunSpider first came out, but hadn't yet
extensively optimized regexps, the test gave a misleading and
potentially unfair picture of overall performance. And this is a
condition that could happen again in the future.
I think this is a plausible position, but I don't entirely buy these
arguments, and I don't think they outweigh the reasons we chose to use
summation scoring. I think it's ultimately a judgment call, and unless
we have new information to present, we don't need to drag out the
conversation or call each to account on details of supporting arguments.
Regards,
Maciej
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