In a message dated 2/26/03 9:27:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> 10,000 CM to NM switches per second is *good* because it means your CM
> programs are getting a lot of work done.  If you were to buy a system
> that's ten times faster than your current system, and the switch rate
> went up to 100,000/second, would you think that would provide even
> *more* justification for switching to NM because 100,000 is way worse
> than 10,000/second?
>

Ah! an ON topic item that I want to respond to!  Gavin is making  a very good
point!  Measurements that are of the type qty over time sometimes seem bad
but might actually be good!  In my mind, such measurements are neither "good"
nor "bad" - they are simply statistical measurements that should be evaluated
within their contecxt.  A deeper understanding of what is going on inside the
code is necessary before taking some action based upon measurements.

Wayne

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