Re: Interesting speed comparison ..
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >>>Having examined the PHP and WebDNA test code, I made the following changes: >>>[snip] >>>With those few changes, the test results are much more favorable for WebDNA. > >>Now I think we need someone to volunteer to "make a few changes" to >>the PHP code in an effort to speed up PHP's results. If it's fair >>for Scott to do this to make webdna perform faster than the first >>results, then it is also fair for an expert PHP programmer to do >>some code optimizing in PHP, right? > >Hmm, I guess I didn't see Scott's changes as "optimizing" but rather >trying to compare Apples to Apples. Maybe that's what he did. >>If you're only interested in which software can perform the fastest >>in the real world, you might try doing a real world test. >>Obviously a test that does things that seldom happen in the real >>world is not going to be an accurate comparison because the >>'contrived' test procedures will always favor one software over >>another. Change the contrived procedures and you've reversed the >>test results! > >Well, the problem with "real world" tests are that you can hardly *see* the >difference. Which means this discussion is really a waste of time, because if a visitor in the real world cannot see or feel any difference then why should we care which one is faster, right? -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- Outsource your WebDNA programming for $18 an hour or less! ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>>>Having examined the PHP and WebDNA test code, I made the following changes: >>>[snip] >>>With those few changes, the test results are much more favorable for WebDNA. > >>Now I think we need someone to volunteer to "make a few changes" to >>the PHP code in an effort to speed up PHP's results. If it's fair >>for Scott to do this to make webdna perform faster than the first >>results, then it is also fair for an expert PHP programmer to do >>some code optimizing in PHP, right? > >Hmm, I guess I didn't see Scott's changes as "optimizing" but rather >trying to compare Apples to Apples. Maybe that's what he did. >>If you're only interested in which software can perform the fastest >>in the real world, you might try doing a real world test. >>Obviously a test that does things that seldom happen in the real >>world is not going to be an accurate comparison because the >>'contrived' test procedures will always favor one software over >>another. Change the contrived procedures and you've reversed the >>test results! > >Well, the problem with "real world" tests are that you can hardly *see* the >difference. Which means this discussion is really a waste of time, because if a visitor in the real world cannot see or feel any difference then why should we care which one is faster, right? -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- Outsource your WebDNA programming for $18 an hour or less! ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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