What is a Benchmark?
Read OriginalThis article argues that software benchmarks should be viewed as scientific hypotheses—falsifiable statements predicting how performance changes in a test correlate to changes in a production system. It discusses the need for benchmarks to accurately indicate the direction, magnitude, and absence of performance changes, and explains why complex systems require suites of benchmarks rather than a single test.
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