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From: wang@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Eric Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Casting Stones
Keywords: whetstone dhrystone
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Date: 19 Jan 90 22:58:28 GMT
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Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Science, Urbana
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Three quick questions:
    a) What's a whetstone?
    b) What's a dhrystone?
    c) Why are they so named?

Been in the dark & wondering for a long time...

Eric Wang
wang@cs.uiuc.edu