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Re:Double-ended vector – is it useful? by agf on Monday May 23, 2016 @12:06PM (#11754739)
The primary purpose of the graph is to show relative timings, so I think it's important to make that clear. A logarithmic Y-Axis makes that really hard to judge.

If you wanted to show absolute timings, then I would say a separate graph with time / N on they Y-axis would be the right way to do it -- you could see how the time per operation changed as you increased N.

Re:Double-ended vector – is it useful? by ktRolster on Monday May 23, 2016 @04:33PM (#11756730)
A logarithmic Y-Axis makes that really hard to judge.

Come on, we're programmers, get good at math!

Re:Double-ended vector – is it useful? by agf on Monday May 23, 2016 @10:23PM (#11758584)
Thanks, I'm plenty good at math. The point of a graph is to display information visually -- minimal math should be required.

If what you want is the numbers, then a graph doesn't help you -- use a table instead.

Re:Double-ended vector – is it useful? by ktRolster on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @03:58AM (#11759686)
Pretty clearly your "understand graphs with logarithmic axes" could use some work.