How fast is an EVAL String

[Joshua Goodall]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 01:37:48PM -0700, Stas Bekman wrote:
> That's a very unreliable way to run benchmarks, Scott. The results may vary 
> greatly if the system load varies during the execution. It doesn't change 
> the results much, but you better use Benchmark for that:
[snip]

If accuracy is desired, one should also run with an empty work
function to determine the loop overhead, then subtract it from the
real work measurements.

cheers
J

-- 
Joshua Goodall                           "as modern as tomorrow afternoon"
joshua at roughtrade.net                                       - FW109
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