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feeleytoday at 8:02 AM1 replyview on HN

I'm really excited about this work, although I haven't read the code or paper yet. It seems to me Fractal would be ideal for running benchmarks for compilers so that the OS-induced noise is kept to a minimum.

Author: do you see issues with that use case?


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vanderZwantoday at 6:16 PM

I think you're better off watching any of the various recordings "Performance Matters" conference talks[0] by Emery Berger to learn about all the ways that developers are benchmarking the wrong thing using the wrong techniques, and what you could do instead

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1Acy5eGbE&t=5m3s