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sp332
on Oct 21, 2009
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Unladen Swallow 2009Q3 Released with LLVM optimize...
You can't have 9.3x less memory, either. You can have (1/9.3)x as much memory, or they could just say 10% as much or 90% less.
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I agree that it is technically unsound, but the meaning of "Nx less of something" is still relatively unambiguous when N>1.
jacobolus
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Yes, it’s stupid (ambiguous, imprecise) terminology, but pretty common usage when describing computer benchmark results.
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