Sure. It illustrates how any benchmark can be flawed because it's tailored to the point it's trying to make. The author of that article thought this scenario was "more realistic." What is more realistic to him is not to other people.
And thus, benchmarks are unhelpful.
I care about feature sets and major improvements, not minor down-to-the-wire fixes. If this were called HTTP/1.2 or something I'd be less critical, but there are so many issues and flaws left unfixed, with unhelpful bikeshedding occurring over perceived "performance".
And thus, benchmarks are unhelpful.
I care about feature sets and major improvements, not minor down-to-the-wire fixes. If this were called HTTP/1.2 or something I'd be less critical, but there are so many issues and flaws left unfixed, with unhelpful bikeshedding occurring over perceived "performance".