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#207840 - 2013-10-01 02:24 PM Is Kix getting slower?
BillBarnard Offline
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Registered: 2007-03-14
Posts: 141
Loc: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire...
If I run the following program on the last few versions of Kix,
and get the output below,
I find that V4.61 was much faster than the rest?
Is Kixtart's speed very important to users?

Script:-
 Code:
; time.kix
break on
@kix ?
$max = 10000000
$start = @ticks
For $i = 1 to $max
   $a = 1
Next
$end = @ticks
$end - $start ?


Run command and its output:-

U:\>kix32 time.kix
4.61
3760

U:\>kix32-453 time.kix
4.53
5211

U:\>kix32-462 time.kix
4.62
5850

U:\>kix32-464 time.kix
4.64
5897

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#207858 - 2013-10-04 10:08 PM Re: Is Kix getting slower? [Re: BillBarnard]
ChristopheM Offline
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Registered: 2002-05-13
Posts: 309
Loc: STRASBOURG, France
I have made the test several time. Here are the results sorted by duration :
 Code:
version	duration (ms)
4.60	3828
4.60	3828
4.60	3828
4.60	3828
4.60	3875
4.61	3953
4.61	3969
4.61	3969
4.61	3969
4.61	3984
4.53	4281
4.53	4297
4.53	4297
4.53	4312
4.53	4391
4.62	5250
4.62	5250
4.64	5265
4.62	5265
4.62	5281
4.62	5297
4.63	5312
4.63	5313
4.63	5313
4.63	5344
4.63	5360
4.64	5860
4.64	5875
4.64	5891
4.64	6109

kix 4.60 seems to be the fastest (with 4.61)
kix 4.62, 4.63, 4.64 are very near.
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#207860 - 2013-10-05 02:04 AM Re: Is Kix getting slower? [Re: ChristopheM]
Lonkero Administrator Offline
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Registered: 2001-06-05
Posts: 22346
Loc: OK
i would say microsoft got Ruud again. some .net update or what not messed up visual studio or he decided to upgrade it. I don't remember when he switched but I think it was for 4.60, so it's not VS2010 that is causing this.
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#207868 - 2013-10-07 05:16 PM Re: Is Kix getting slower? [Re: Lonkero]
BillBarnard Offline
Starting to like KiXtart

Registered: 2007-03-14
Posts: 141
Loc: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire...
Thanks guys. I wonder if there ought to be an official Benchmark program,
to test as many Kixtart functions as possible,
just to see if there is any increase or decrease in speed in the latest version compared with earlier ones.
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#207873 - 2013-10-07 06:34 PM Re: Is Kix getting slower? [Re: BillBarnard]
Lonkero Administrator Offline
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Posts: 22346
Loc: OK
writing a comprehensive testing program that will discover the differences is going to be a lengthy process. you can do one if you want ;\)

weird thing in your example is that nothing should have changed in these versions with what your code does. only explanation I can come up with is compiler optimization sucks big time with what ever Ruud is using with 4.5 and the latest 4.6 versions.
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