I got nerd-sniped.
I was asked about measuring and possibly benchmarking different .NET frameworks for making native apps in terms of performance.
Apparently, this is an important factor for some people when choosing a framework.
I think I know better. I know you can write very bad (hence slow) code in any language or with any framework. I also know there are almost infinite things you can do to make code faster.
A basic comparison didn't seem very useful. I knew that if I saw such a thing, I wouldn't care very much, as it all comes down to optimising appropriately in a real app, given the constraints and requirements of/for that particular app.
I tried to find a way to get excited about the prospect, but couldn't see what could be exciting.
However, two questions persisted:
- Do other people care?
- How much difference is there?