[coyotos-dev] Accept GCJ into the tool chain?

Tracy R Reed treed at ultraviolet.org
Mon Nov 27 20:16:59 CST 2006


Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> I tend to agree, but "slightly slower" should certainly mean "within a
> factor of two". Even on these fairly contrived benchmarks, we aren't
> seeing a factor of two in far too many of the cases.

Ah, but by saying "factor of two" instead of "2ms vs 1ms" we are playing 
statistical games to make the difference seem big.

Sort of like how a certain chemical might "double" your risk of cancer 
which in reality means from .0002% to .0004%.

Even if it were 20ms vs 1ms it still wouldn't be a big deal. I can 
afford to wait 19ms longer if it means I can have the software to use vs 
not having it or having it work correctly vs being buggy.

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Tracy R Reed                  http://ultraviolet.org
A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right
Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text


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