<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Aaargh. Cancel that last email – Go has NOT lost its edge!!!<div><br></div><div>Those of you who have been on the list a while will remember our earlier discovery that running benches at 33ms about doubles their output, but that ENTER_FRAME runs far more smoothly in real-world projects. At that time we switched the default to ENTER_FRAME but – d'oh! – I forgot to change the baseline benchmark test which was still cranking at 33.</div><div><br></div><div>So to compare apples to apples, here is the baseline bench again, which as you can see puts Go right back where it should be, at near optimal efficiency. </div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">Benchmark results: Simple AS3 Tween – using ENTER_FRAME</div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">------------------</div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">1000 Sprites<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Start Lag: 0 seconds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>FPS: 58<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>End lag: 0.01</div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">2000 Sprites<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Start Lag: 0.01 seconds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>FPS: 55<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>End lag: 0.01</div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">4000 Sprites<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Start Lag: 0.01 seconds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>FPS: 27<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>End lag: 0.03</div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">8000 Sprites<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Start Lag: 0.02 seconds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>FPS: 14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>End lag: 0.04</div><div style="font-size: 10px; ">16000 Sprites<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Start Lag: 0.06 seconds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>FPS: 7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>::<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>End lag: 0.12</div><div><br></div><div>WHEW and sorry for the scare folks (I'm probably the only one who freaked). :-)</div><div><br></div><div>I will update TweenBencher to reflect this change.</div><div><br></div><div>-m</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jul 21, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Moses Gunesch wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: line-through; ">Benchmark results: Simple AS3 Tween</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">------------------</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br style="font-size: 10px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">1000 Sprites</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">Start Lag: 0 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">FPS: 98</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">End lag: 0.01</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br style="font-size: 10px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">2000 Sprites</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">Start Lag: 0.01 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">FPS: 95</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">End lag: 0.01</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br style="font-size: 10px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">4000 Sprites</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">Start Lag: 0.01 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">FPS: 45</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">End lag: 0.02</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br style="font-size: 10px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">8000 Sprites</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">Start Lag: 0.04 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">FPS: 15</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">End lag: 0.06</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br style="font-size: 10px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">16000 Sprites</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">Start Lag: 0.04 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">FPS: 7</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">::</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">End lag: 0.07</span></span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Benchmark results: Go - WidthTween [GoASAP version 0.5.0]</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">------------------</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">1000 Sprites</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Start Lag: 0.05 seconds</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">FPS: 57</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">End lag: 0.02</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">2000 Sprites</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Start Lag: 0.1 seconds</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">FPS: 41</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">End lag: 0.04</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">4000 Sprites</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Start Lag: 0.13 seconds</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">FPS: 20</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">End lag: 0.08</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">8000 Sprites</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Start Lag: 0.29 seconds</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">FPS: 10</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">End lag: 0.16</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">16000 Sprites</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Start Lag: 0.62 seconds</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">FPS: 5</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">::</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">End lag: 0.33</span><br style="font-size: 10px; "><br><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>