Re: [Help-smalltalk] performance of the json parser

[Paolo Bonzini]

> I like it! Especially the 5/34/14 -> 2/22/3 is incredible!
>
> > -   str := ReadWriteStream on: UnicodeString new.
> > +   str := WriteStream on: (UnicodeString new: 8).
>
> Whats the magic behind 8?

Greater than 0. :-)

If I have to choose a magic number, I would choose 6 (8 for the header + 
6*4 = a cache line) or 14.  Not that I think it makes any difference in 
practice.

Paolo