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Originally Posted by JoBullet
Note about measuring things: I bet you forgot to measure cache misses/hits, context switches, privilege switches etc., it's good idea to measure timings of e.g. two different ini systems or similar, but bad to measure things like you measured @AndreT.
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Something makes me think that the variables you mentioned aren't very relevant when the difference between two methods is a couple hundred milliseconds per 1000000 calls. It gives you a hint that something is being done differently. And you're right about the necessity of such tests, but I don't see anything bad about it if one has a lot of free time on their hands and a need to explore how something works. Got to admit, after taking a job in the field, I wouldn't do such measurements again.
