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From: adam@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Workstation speed comparisons
Keywords: price, performance, MIPS
Message-ID: <855@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 19 Oct 89 17:24:46 GMT
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
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bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys) writes:
> list
> price	$/MIP
> -----	-----
> [...]

It's not "dollars per million instructions per" it's "dollars per million
instructions per second" - thus, it is not $/MIP, but rather $/MIPS. It's
merely a pet peeve, but I really hate it when people think MIPS is only
plural. It is both plural and singular. Saying "1 MIPS" is just as correct
as saying "5 MIPS." Saying "1 MIP" is simply wrong.

Sorry for wasting your time. I just thought it needed to be said.

Adam
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