rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (09/15/89)
Recently, Digital released something called "x11perf", which attempts to measure various aspects of server performance. It strikes me that the majority of these tests are not unique to X (e.g. most aren't bitblt, and most just do "paint" operations), and would translate quite readily into the NeWS environment. I'm wondering if anyone out there would be interested in redoing x11perf for NeWS. It really isn't that much code, and shouldn't take too long for someone familiar with NeWS. It would even be interesting to have two versions of some of the tests, one "over the wire" and one "send the algorithm across" in order to provide some measure of whether downloading really helps. x11perf is already being run against X11/NeWS servers, and inevitably there will be arguments about whether going through the X11 interpreter is or isn't reflecting the "true" performance of NeWS. A NeWS version could help. Any takers?