[boost] Re: 30%?

From: Gennaro Prota (gennaro_prota_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-07 12:51:50

On 07 Oct 2002 13:23:59 -0400, Jeff Paquette <flyfishr64_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

>On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 13:08, Peter Dimov wrote:
>> Let's assume for the sake of discussion ;-) that you can do one million
>> shared_ptr allocations for 1.3 seconds. You turn on optimization X and the
>> time goes down to 1 second.
>> 
>> Is this a significant speedup, in your opinion?
>
>In my opinion, a 30% performance improvement is always nice 
>to achieve, especially if it is a common operation. 

Well, I don't know how to take Peter's post. Since I know he's very
sharp (and expert), whereas the question is a little vague...

Peter? Is this an honest question? Or are you luring us into a trap?

Genny.