I asked because I was leery of running untested code. I am considering testing it in a VirtualBox Ubuntu setting, though.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Robert -- That is what I was trying to say. > --Don Ellis > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> 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 -- 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
