Dynamic libraries by default and GHC 7.8
Ian Lynagh
ian at well-typed.com
Wed Nov 28 14:43:58 CET 2012
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 01:28:54PM +0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
> On 28/11/12 12:48, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 09:20:57AM +0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
> >>
> >>My personal opinion is that we should switch to dynamic-by-default
> >>on all x86_64 platforms, and OS X x86.
I should have deleted the above sentence.
> >>The performance penalty for
> >>x86/Linux is too high (30%),
> >
> >FWIW, if they're able to move from x86 static to x86_64 dynamic then
> >there's only a ~15% difference overall:
> >
> >Run Time
> >-1 s.d. ----- -18.7%
> >+1 s.d. ----- +60.5%
> >Average ----- +14.2%
> >
> >Mutator Time
> >-1 s.d. ----- -29.0%
> >+1 s.d. ----- +33.7%
> >Average ----- -2.6%
> >
> >GC Time
> >-1 s.d. ----- +22.0%
> >+1 s.d. ----- +116.1%
> >Average ----- +62.4%
>
> The figures on the wiki are different: x86 static -> x86_64 dynamic
> has +2.3% runtime. What's going on here?
+2.3% on OS X, +14.2% on Linux.
Thanks
Ian
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