On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess the question is, how much effort is it to run the objective test to > show how much it helps.
If it isn't worth the time to create and run the test, then it isn't worth the time to write the code. In the simplest case all you need is a stop watch and some event to time. > Down side is, one would need to also run the test on the 200-line patch in > the same installation, and collect figures to show how they compare. You wouldn't need to, but it would be nice. For completeness you'll have three comparisons: baseline to bash code, baseline to 200-lines of C, and bash code to 200-lines of C. Regards, - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
