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Why Tcl is 700% faster than Python for database benchmarking

HammerDB

Python is a popular programming language, especially for beginners, and consequently we see it occurring in places where it just shouldn’t be used, such as database benchmarking. What programming languages does HammerDB use and why does it matter? Surely any language will do? Background and Concepts.

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How to build HammerDB from source

HammerDB

If you are not already familiar with the programming languages that HammerDB uses, then this earlier post serves as an ideal introduction to what makes up the highest performing GIL free database benchmarking application. What programming languages does HammerDB use and why does it matter? WHY build from source? HammerDB-4.4-Linux.tar.gz

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HammerDB v4.7 New Features Pt 2: Example CLI Scripts

HammerDB

Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Steve Shaw Type "help" for a list of commands Initialized SQLite on-disk database /home/steve/HammerDB-4.7/TMP/hammer.DB using existing tables (188,416 KB) SETTING CONFIGURATION Database set to MariaDB Benchmark set to TPC-C for MariaDB. /scripts/tcl/maria/tprocc/maria_tprocc.sh TMP/hammer.DB TMP/hammer.DB

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

These are the bestsellers in the web performance field, including the good old Speed Up Your Site (2003) by Andy King; Steve Souders’ Even Faster Web Sites (2009) ; Ilya Grigorik’s High Performance Browser Networking (2013) ; Tammy Everts’ Time is Money (2016) ; and a handful of more recent publications. The Art of SEO.

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Supercomputing Predictions: Custom CPUs, CXL3.0, and Petalith Architectures

Adrian Cockcroft

Here’s some predictions I’m making: Jack Dongarra’s efforts to highlight the low efficiency of the HPCG benchmark as an issue will influence the next generation of supercomputer architectures to optimize for sparse matrix computations. I presented a keynote for Sun at Supercomputing 2003 in Phoenix Arizona and included the slide shown below.

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HammerDB Concepts and Architecture

HammerDB

Programming Languages. When you download the source code for HammerDB you can see that the programming language it is written in is called TCL. Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Steve Shaw Type "help" for a list of commands The xml is well-formed, applying configuration hammerdb>librarycheck Checking database library for Oracle Success.

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Data Mining Problems in Retail

Highly Scalable

Customer retention programs can require the identification of customers who are likely to stop the relationship with a retailer but can change their minds under the influence of incentives. This metric reveals customers with high revenue potential, hence it can be used in loyalty programs and usage expansion campaigns. Prairie, 2003.

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