benchmarking

Stefan Koopmanschap has a quick new post to his blog today talking about a webinar he and Zend will be putting on this Thursday (Feb 15th) about why documentation should be an important part of your development practices.

On the Java DZone.com section today there's a "which is faster" post comparing PHP, Java and Python.

No, it's not quite what you're expecting - I'd suggest reading on.

Phoronix: "Canonical will be releasing Ubuntu 9.10 at the end of next month while the final release of FreeBSD 8.0 is also expected within the next few weeks.

With these two popular free software operating systems both having major updates coming out at around the same time, we decided it warranted some early benchmarking as we see how the FreeBSD 8.0 and Ubuntu 9.10 performance compares."

Linux Magazine: "Using the principles of good benchmarking, we explore the metadata performance of four linux file systems using a simple benchmark, fdtree."

Using the principles of good benchmarking, we explore the metadata performance of four linux file systems using a simple benchmark, fdtree.

Linux Magazine: "Benchmarking has become synonymous with marketeering to the point it is almost useless.

This article takes a look at a very important paper that can demonstrate how bad it has become and makes recommendations on how to improve the situation."

Benchmarking has become synonymous with marketeering to the point it is almost useless. This article takes a look at a very important paper that can demonstrate how bad it has become and makes recommendations on how to improve the situation.

Phoronix: "Linux-based benchmarking has become easier and more robust with the release of Phoronix Test Suite 2.0 and PTS Desktop Live 2009.3."