[pypy-dev] phb impression from speed.pypy.org

[Miquel Torres]

I understand what you say, and it is certainly possible to turn
benchmarks into "bigger is better". As Laura wrote though, it is only
natural to measure time, because that is what you actually what to do:
reduce the time it takes to complete some task.

Other projects do the same. See for example jQuery announcing a newer,
faster release: http://blog.jquery.com/2010/10/16/jquery-143-released/

(scroll down for lots of performance plots)

*However*, it seems that for the last release they have done what you
propose: http://blog.jquery.com/2011/01/31/jquery-15-released/

They have changed the units from "seconds" to number of "iterations per second".

In any case that is something for the PyPy developers to decide.

Cheers,
Miquel


2011/3/17 Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se>:
>
> Smaller is better when you are dieting.  Or when you are racing.
> Given that there is talk that we will measure memory size as well, and
> turn into performance.pypy.org then I think that the 'smaller is
> better' idea will be well understood.  As a practical matter, making
> 'faster' be 'bigger' doesn't make sense in terms of benchmarks, in which
> you want to be the first to finish.
>
> Laura
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