Review of Andrei's std.benchmark

[Manu]

On 21 September 2012 07:23, Andrei Alexandrescu <
SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> For a very simple reason: unless the algorithm under benchmark is very
> long-running, max is completely useless, and it ruins average as well.
>

This is only true for systems with a comprehensive pre-emptive OS running
on the same core. Most embedded systems will only be affected by cache
misses and bus contention, in that situation, max is perfectly acceptable.
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