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From: db@sunbim.be (Danny Backx)
Subject: Benchmarking VM - another war
Message-ID: <1994Feb24.083301.15046@sunbim.be>
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 08:33:01 GMT
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In article 4at@harpo.uccs.edu, jmward@elbert.uccs.edu (Joel M. Ward) writes:
>	ok, in regards to Net/FreeBSD vm wars, why doesn't someone write
>a vm info / benchmarking program to compare the two?  then, we could 
>have something REAL to fight about :)

This is a chicken-and-egg issue.

Making a benchmark to find out which VM system is the best (fastest,
least or most aggressive, ...) depends on choices. You'll have to
fight religious battles on what exactly you want to measure and how
much you will take this feature into account versus the others.

Simplification of the problem: will your benchmark use a couple of
really big programs or will it use lots of small ones. Will these
be all the same applications, or will they all be different ones.

etc.

	Danny
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	Danny Backx
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