I find the eventual conclusion baffling: > Applying this custom tuning results in an average latency of 5.2 ms, which is 0.1 ms lower than xterm, and that’s

I find the eventual conclusion baffling: > Applying this custom tuning results in an average latency of 5.2 ms, which is 0.1 ms lower than xterm, and that’s with having a much more sane terminal without legacy cruft. This "legacy cruft" is as-close-as-it-gets compatibility to EVERYTHING the Terminal-based world has ever seen. It's an asset, not a liability, for those who need it, in case they need it - and that could very well be you one day. I find it quite amazing that xterm manages to more or less outperform all the other implementations while (probably - I have not actually verified) being he most complete and correct one. Thomas Dickey is the man!