[IronPython] Informal Poll: measuring IronPython performance under x64 OSes

[Michael Foord]

Hello guys,

I run IronPython on Vista x64. Isn't 64bit supposed to be the future or
something? :-) (I run Vista x64 in a virtual machine under Mac OS - but
performance is very good. Visual Studio runs quite nicely.)

I'd love to see more IronPython benchmarking (and the results published). Do
you still benchmark with XP? (Still a phenomenally successful OS by all
accounts).

I'm not sure what the consequences of removing 64bit OSes from the
benchmarks might be - .NET seems to nicely insulate programmers from the
differences, except for things like P/Invoke of course. Performance is one
area where it might make a difference though (it would be a shame to
accidentally hose performance on 64bit machines and not realise - is this
likely?)

What about releasing the benchmark suite with a means to submit results
including platform information - that way we can submit results back to you?
(By email to the list I guess.) We could even setup some external 'buildbot'
machines that automatically sync to codeplex.

Anyway - I'd be happy to run benchmark suites occasionally.

Michael


2008/8/19 Dave Fugate <dfugate at microsoft.com>

>  Hi everyone, one of the things the IronPython test team does daily is run
> a set of standardized benchmarks against the latest internal build of
> IronPython.  We're in the process of reevaluating the platforms we measure
> these benchmarks on with the end goal of increasing the number of tests we
> can run.  For example, if we could cut x64 Vista from the list of platforms,
> the x64 Vista machine(s) could be reimaged to run *new* benchmarks we
> wouldn't have had the resources for before.  Alternatively, we might reimage
> the x64 Vista machine(s) as some other platform we don't currently test
> under.  Of course in such a scenario we'd still run other classifications of
> tests under x64 Vista.
>
>
>
> I wanted to hear peoples' opinions on the importance of measuring
> IronPython performance under x64 Windows OSes before we make any decisions
> on this.  First off, how many people out there are actually running
> IronPython under a 64-bit OS?  Would it be sufficient for us to report news
> on IronPython performance in terms of 32-bit platforms?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> The IronPython Team
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