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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)
Date: 1997/09/01
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JOn said

<<Again (though I find it hard to choke out, :-), I find that I must
agree.  Even a factor of 2 is rather hard to believe, let alone
"several factors".  Let's face, getting even a 10% advantage is a rare
thing.  OTOH, even a 10% advantage must then be characterized as a
"big deal".  Personally, I think GC varies anywhere from 0% to maybe
15-20% depending on the application characteristics.
>>


Absolutely, gains of 10 or 20% are very significant and very important
to pursue. The trouble is that if people really start to believe the
"several hundred percent" or "order of magnitude improvement" claims,
they may overlook the achievable smaller bug significant gains.