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Isn't the contrast with "toy benchmark" performance rather than with "actual real-world performance" ? http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/why-measure-toy-

• geezerjay 10y ago
  The benchmarks do exist in the real world, and run code written in the real world. Hence, they indicate real-world performance. That doesn't mean that all possible programs will perform exactly like that.
  • igouy 10y ago
    Which is just to say they are measurements of programs. I expect you understand the phrase "real-world performance" implies more than that.