mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/jsperf.com

Add @mraleph resources on microbenchmarks

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Description

This is somewhat related to #137.
For inevitable reasons, benchmarks may be biased and may not measure what people expect. @mraleph made good explanations of this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65-RbBwZQdU
http://mrale.ph/blog/2012/12/15/microbenchmarks-fairy-tale.html
https://twitter.com/ubench_sphinx
Where would these links belong to? main page? FAQ?

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Research direction

Review the main page and FAQ as the two locations proposed in the issue, then read the three linked microbenchmark resources and the related discussion in #137. Done means placing the @mraleph resources in the agreed location with enough context for users to understand their relevance.

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javascript
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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Estimated time
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