<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Nicolas Cellier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>That's completely germane, but he didn't say 100% faster, it's me that said twice as fast.<br>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I posted a quote. "Others say it’s closer to 100%.". As Igor said, it's illiterate nonsense. I posted a jokey reply. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div></div>Speed is measurable say as number of operations per second (ops), if my score is 10 ops, then a 100% increase of speed => 20 ops.<br>
</div>I love percents, for you can say one thing, and be sure another will be understood ;)<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's why one must use a well-defined unambiguous measure of performance: new - old / old, hence 100% faster is at best ambiguous and at worse meaningless.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/12/12 Eliot Miranda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eliot.miranda@gmail.com" target="_blank">eliot.miranda@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Nicolas Cellier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br><div dir="ltr">But he said increase in speed, not performance.<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Same argument. What does it mean to complete a task 100% faster? What does it mean to reach your destination 100% faster?</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/12/12 Eliot Miranda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eliot.miranda@gmail.com" target="_blank">eliot.miranda@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Nicolas Cellier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br><div dir="ltr"><div>I would interpret twice as fast, and that's only 50% rather than 100% reduction of execution time :)<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>relative performance = new time - old time / old time.</div><div>2x = -50%</div><div>3x = -75%</div><div>etc</div><div><br></div><div>-100% means new time = 0, and performance is infinite.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/12/12 Eliot Miranda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eliot.miranda@gmail.com" target="_blank">eliot.miranda@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:08 PM, <a href="mailto:phil@highoctane.be" target="_blank">phil@highoctane.be</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil@highoctane.be" target="_blank">phil@highoctane.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</blockquote><div><br></div><div>"<span style="line-height:20.799999237060547px;font-size:16px;font-family:cronos-pro,Arial,sans-serif">The benefits? Some sources are reporting a 50% increase in speed. Others say it’s closer to 100%. Many claim they’ve seen their battery life increase by 25% or more!"</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Got to love those 100% speed increases. Apps really fly when they take no time at all... </div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Eliot</div>
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