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From: dereks@aggie.sgi.com (Derek Spears)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.alliant
Subject: Re: etime complex user time variance
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Date: 27 Jul 90 21:39:12 GMT
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	Is your job locked into a CE? If not (as in the case of a program
compiled under pcc), the program could float onto IP's, which run much
slower. This random "floating about" to different type processors could
account for etime differences.

	Derek Spears
	dereks@aggie.sgi.com