Xref: utzoo news.groups:23116 comp.arch:17752 Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!scocan!seanf From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.arch Subject: Re: comp.benchmark Message-ID: <1990Aug19.040832.26580@sco.COM> Date: 19 Aug 90 08:08:32 GMT References: <7858@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Reply-To: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Lines: 18 In article aglew@dual.crhc.uiuc.edu (Andy Glew) writes: >comp.benchmarks.theory => moderated I *like* that idea. I would assume it would be a place to discuss benchmarks in general, e.g., what makes a good one, how to improve specific ones, etc? >comp.benchmarks.practice => unmoderated. Hmm. I have this picture of vendors posting results of new compilers / systems to this, and find that vision both appealing and nauseating... 8-) In that case, I would expect it to be called "c.b.results"... -- Sean Eric Fagan | "let's face it, finding yourself dead is one seanf@sco.COM | of life's more difficult moments." uunet!sco!seanf | -- Mark Leeper, reviewing _Ghost_ (408) 458-1422 | Any opinions expressed are my own, not my employers'.