have benchmarks optionally output a CSV

[gilesbowkett]

would be convenient

[automatthew]

I've been meaning to do this.

[automatthew]

Although I was going to dump a file in the R data format.

[gilesbowkett]

well, CSV's more useful for me personally. won't take long, but tbh I probably won't bother until the next time I run into the problem.

[automatthew]

How would you structure the columns?

[gilesbowkett]

to produce the following spreadsheet:

useful for SECRET REASONS.

that is to say, columns list each draft/complexity combination, while rows go like this:

• lib name
• median
• max
• min
• relative speed

and libs are first grouped by draft, then listed from relative fastest to relative slowest.

[automatthew]

Okay, I had gotten stuck thinking about a data file that contained all the samples.

[automatthew]

Hence the reference to R.

[gilesbowkett]

yeah, it's way more basic. just summaries. every six months or so I build up little spreadsheets and/or ASCII reports on my PayPal sales using Ruby and FasterCSV. the terrible side effect of my little products business is I now actually like making spreadsheets.