Hi Herbert,

on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:15:27 +0200, you wrote:

> Hello Klaus,
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> KDW> Yes, me too. What are the areas for which you expect speed  
> differences
> KDW> and/or verify that there are none.
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> I plan to stick the vm under every 3.6 to 3.8 image I have and just
> benchmark the application.

...[snip] ah, application specific.$

> Try whatever else I find.
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> I will definitely try it on Gjallar which imho spends nearly the whole
> time with seaside building html.

Yes, seaside and friends will definitely benefit even from the smallest  
performance gain; they build and GC their html, like other systems build  
and GC their ContextParts ;-)

> I'm expecting speed differences mainly by the fact that a different
> toolchain might be used. I'm used to (and fed up by) looking at what
> assembler code a C-compiler produces and have seen changes for the
> good and for the worse with newer versions.

But there is no other (tool chain for the win32 Squeak.exe series) except  
perhaps my cygwin experiment. Or are there alternatives?

> I'm doing this for curiosity and with the knowledge that a better
> algorithm usually yields more than a faster VM.

Sure, we should only use O(n+m) algo's ;-) In my experience faster is  
related to smaller hidden constants, and better is related to innovation.

/Klaus

> Cheers
>
> Herbert                            mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net
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