Comment by feeley
15 hours ago
I'm really excited about this work, although I haven't read the code or paper yet. It seems to me Fractal would be ideal for running benchmarks for compilers so that the OS-induced noise is kept to a minimum.
Author: do you see issues with that use case?
I think you're better off watching any of the various recordings "Performance Matters" conference talks[0] by Emery Berger to learn about all the ways that developers are benchmarking the wrong thing using the wrong techniques, and what you could do instead
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1Acy5eGbE&t=5m3s