mambocab / rumble

A simple library for comparing functions' runtimes.
MIT License
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Name #5

Closed mambocab closed 9 years ago

mambocab commented 9 years ago

I don't really like the simpletimeit name. And I'd need to get KR's approval before I said it was for humans :stuck_out_tongue:

mambocab commented 9 years ago

Maybe timeme, and I could call the decorator timeme.

mambocab commented 9 years ago

I had also thought of timeemall, which accurately reflects the fact that you're timing a lot of things, but doesn't look great slugified and is pretty silly.

mambocab commented 9 years ago

shootout as in performance shootout would be cool, but bringing up weapons is unnecessary. Under consideration:

mambocab commented 9 years ago

I think faceoff is the most appealing so far, though rhubarb is up there.

EDIT: faceoff is taken.

EDIT: I don't know all the implications of donnybrook, so gonna leave that one be.

Currently, dustup, fracas, and rhubarb are all good. They're all reasonable names for the project and for the primary object. rhubarb is silly and obscure but kinda evocative. dustup and fracas are also kinda silly, and way more obvious.

The table/chart is the product, but the useful bit is being able to specify 'run these things with the same inputs' instead of doing it manually.

mambocab commented 9 years ago

Rumble is fun because

mambocab commented 9 years ago

Done and done. Closing.