Yes, in this case a series of tests across collection classes actually
would be a proof. A single point measurement is not a statistically
relevant result.

--Hannes

On 10/27/16, Chris Muller <ma.chris.m at gmail.com> wrote:
>> | b |
>> b := (1 to: 10000) asBag.
>> [b isEmpty] bench
>>
>> before: :  '5,540 per second. 181 microseconds per run.'
>> now:  '167,000 per second. 6 microseconds per run.'
>>
>> In my book that's a speedup worth having.
>
> You're depending on the superclass implementation in Collection for
> that speedup.  What did you say about that yesterday?
>
> Honestly, Bert, it almost feels like you're being intellectually
> dishonest.  You chose the only one that got sped up and ignored all
> the ones that got slowed down.  AND, you also ignored all the other
> points (again) which render the above point irrelevant.  Sad.
>
> I give up.  You "win".
>
>