From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-06-16T00:23:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT LONG] Re: python/ruby benchmark(don't shoot the messenger)

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> ...
> Right. I *personally* wouldn't consider what Steven has described in
> his fascinating story as a benchmark. He may have *benchmarked* some
> performance with his simulation, and used that as a baseline for
> further performance tests, but the marketers have taken over the
> word by and large. 
> The alioth "benchmarks" don't do what Steven did;
> things like MIPS, TPS, SpecMARK, FLOPS, and other benchmark values
> are pure marketing speak -- just like the alioth shootout.

So, do we call that "benchmarketing"?

James

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