From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22993 invoked by alias); 16 Aug 2017 14:39:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 22103 invoked by uid 89); 16 Aug 2017 14:39:38 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:527 X-HELO: smtp.ispras.ru Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:39:00 -0000 From: Alexander Monakov To: Arjan van de Ven cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar , Wilco Dijkstra , "libc-alpha@sourceware.org" , nd Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add math benchmark latency test In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <0e008f2e-f41a-1bb8-803c-2f798e2c3541@gotplt.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20.13 (LNX 116 2015-12-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2017-08/txt/msg00663.txt.bz2 On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Ah sorry, I should have been clearer - inverse in terms of units, not > > value, i.e. throughput is typically expressed in items/unit time while > > latency is expressed in time/unit item. > > maybe "throughput-time" ? I suggest using "reciprocal throughput" if you're looking for a short term for 'independent executions per unit time'. It's easier to recognize and already used in practice (e.g. in docs by Agner Fog). Alexander