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@@ -189,8 +189,17 @@ running Ubuntu 18.04 with the config from the demo. | powerlevel9k/next | 1005 ms | | **powerlevel10k** | **8.7 ms** | -powerlevel9k/master is the stable branch of powerlevel9k, the one that virtually everyone uses. -powerlevel9k/next is the development branch for the next release. +_powerlevel9k/master_ is the stable branch of Powerlevel9k, the one that virtually everyone uses. +_powerlevel9k/next_ is the development branch for the next release. Powerlevel10k is over 100 +times faster than either in this benchmark. + +In fairness, Powerlevel9k has acceptable latency when given a spartan configuration. If all you need +is the current directory without truncation or shortening, Powerlevel9k can render it for you in +17 ms. Powerlevel10k can do the same 30 times faster but it won't matter in practice because 17 ms +is fast enough (the threshold where latency becomes noticeable is around 50 ms). You have to be +careful with Powerlevel9k configuration as it's all too easy to make prompt frustratingly slow. +Powerlevel10k, on the other hand, doesn't require trading latency for utility -- it's virtually +instant with any configuration. ## License |