Ian Piumarta wrote:
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>>But I assume that using the -notimer option has some drawbacks
>>(performance?), otherwise it would be default, I guess.
> 
> 
> Try running `0 tinyBenchmarks' with and without the flag.  ;)

0 tinyBenchmarks
'37869822 bytecodes/sec; 1096953 sends/sec'
'37735849 bytecodes/sec; 1107171 sends/sec'
'37101449 bytecodes/sec; 1070835 sends/sec' "with -notimer"

'37982195 bytecodes/sec; 1103500 sends/sec'
'37982195 bytecodes/sec; 1081272 sends/sec'
'37937166 bytecodes/sec; 1094788 sends/sec' "without -notimer"

I'm wondering: almost no difference for me.


Greetings,

Stephan
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