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By definition timing benchmarks cannot be Gaussian since the time cannot be negative. For anything that has such bound on one side log-normal is a safer default
by _0w8t 4y ago
By definition timing benchmarks cannot be Gaussian since the time cannot be negative. For anything that has such bound on one side log-normal is a safer default choice and the usage of the normal distribution must be justified.
- zokier 4y agoCaches and other hidden state complicate matters significantly.