[fpc-devel] performance tests: reference counted vs non-reference counted

[Sergei Gorelkin]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> 
> Any idea why Delphi in a virtualbox still beats FPC?  Delphi seems
> considerably faster and it's in a virtual machine.  Oh, and I'm using
> a stock standard single core Intel P4 CPU 2.40GHz and it hasn't got
> any special virtualization features built in.
> Also not, that Delphi now yields a constant result. Reference counted
> classes are always slower.

(Just an idea) You can cross-compile FPC test for Windows and run it 
under the same virtual machine. Then you'll have at least the same 
environment for both tests.

Sergei